El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Population, female, per capita

El Salvador
0.525 units per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.5015 units per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
18th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
18th

Population, female, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.525 units per person against 0.5015 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0235 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 18th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5033 units per person 0.5048 units per person 0.0015 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s 0.5017 units per person 0.5051 units per person 0.0033 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s 0.5088 units per person 0.5045 units per person 0.0043 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.5135 units per person 0.5045 units per person 0.009 units per person El Salvador
2000s 0.521 units per person 0.5045 units per person 0.0165 units per person El Salvador
2010s 0.5238 units per person 0.5026 units per person 0.0212 units per person El Salvador
2020s 0.5249 units per person 0.5017 units per person 0.0232 units per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, female, per capita, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
El Salvador, at 0.525 units per person against 0.5015 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, female, per capita between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0235 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for population, female, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 18th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, female, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population, female, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.