El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Child mortality rate by household wealth

El Salvador
1 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.15 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
92nd
Nicaragua rank
90th

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
2468199020072024

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.15 deaths per 100 live births against 1 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 90th of 106 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1990s 4.69 deaths per 100 live births 5.68 deaths per 100 live births 0.9914 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2000s 2.51 deaths per 100 live births 3.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.6409 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2010s 1.5 deaths per 100 live births 1.86 deaths per 100 live births 0.3543 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2020s 1.08 deaths per 100 live births 1.39 deaths per 100 live births 0.3049 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 1.15 deaths per 100 live births against 1 deaths per 100 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
0.15 deaths per 100 live births, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
El Salvador ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 90th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.