El Salvador has a low standard of living that is mostly because it has a bad government, polluted water, lots of poverty, the forests that has been cut down and that there are lots of dumps all over the country. A country like this is also called a typical third world country.
El Salvador has very low standard of living compared to Canada. Three statistics are: One, the per capacity GNP which means the GNP divided by the population of the country to show each citizens share of the countries wealth. In El Salvador that is 1 480 $ US. In Canada it is 19 570 $ US, so each Canadian citizen has almost 1