El Salvador vs Kuwait: Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita

El Salvador
6.58
in 2025
Kuwait
6.54
in 2025
El Salvador rank
36th
Kuwait rank
39th

Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kuwait
0246201120182025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 6.58 against 6.54 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.035.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Kuwait ahead.

Globally, El Salvador ranks 36th and Kuwait ranks 39th of 157 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita
Source
Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
157 places, 2,073 data points, 2011–2025
Last refreshed

Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.