El Salvador vs Jamaica: People without electricity country, per square kilometre

El Salvador
5.18 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica
6.03 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
61st
Jamaica rank
59th

People without electricity country, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 6.03 units per square kilometre against 5.18 units per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.85 units per square kilometre.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 61st and Jamaica ranks 59th of 214 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Jamaica Difference Ahead
1990s 63.19 units per square kilometre 43.61 units per square kilometre 19.57 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 33.74 units per square kilometre 29.19 units per square kilometre 4.55 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 14.64 units per square kilometre 12.94 units per square kilometre 1.7 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 3.1 units per square kilometre 1.7 units per square kilometre 1.4 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher people without electricity country, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 6.03 units per square kilometre against 5.18 units per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in people without electricity country, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Jamaica?
0.85 units per square kilometre, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for people without electricity country, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 61st and Jamaica ranks 59th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as People without electricity country, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
People without electricity country, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,316 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

People without electricity country divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.