El Salvador sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 72.1 years of life, 134th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for El Salvador, each with its global rank and source year.
16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure
| Measure | Value | World rank | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 72.1 yrs | 134 of 212 | 2024 |
| Age-standardized death rate | 8.0 /1,000 | 99 of 182 | 2021 |
| Crude death rate | 7.5 /1,000 | 102 of 212 | 2024 |
| Life expectancy at 60 | 19.9 yrs | 56 of 182 | 2021 |
| Male mortality penalty | 164 /1,000 | 2 of 212 | 2024 |
| Life-expectancy gap (F−M) | 8.7 yrs | 10 of 212 | 2024 |
| Old-age sex ratio (65+) | 63.8 men/100 women | 25 of 212 | 2024 |
| Infant mortality | 8.8 /1,000 | 116 of 192 | 2024 |
| Maternal mortality | 39.0 /100k | 102 of 191 | 2023 |
| Premature NCD mortality | 12.6 % | 139 of 182 | 2021 |
| Suicide rate | 7.6 /100k | 86 of 182 | 2021 |
| Road-traffic deaths | 20.9 /100k | 63 of 187 | 2019 |
| Recorded alcohol per adult | 3.2 L | 112 of 185 | 2020 |
| Population aged 65+ | 8.1 % | 110 of 212 | 2024 |
| Health spending per capita | $501 | 92 of 191 | 2023 |
| GDP per capita | $5,580 | 133 of 212 | 2024 |
Measured against the rest of the world, El Salvador's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd highest male mortality penalty in the world (164 /1,000) and the 10th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (8.7 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for El Salvador; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.