El Salvador vs Malta: Death rate, crude

El Salvador
7.47 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Malta
7.3 per 1,000 people
in 2024
El Salvador rank
104th
Malta rank
106th

Death rate, crude over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malta
05101520196019922024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 7.47 per 1,000 people against 7.3 per 1,000 people in Malta, a difference of 0.17 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 104th and Malta ranks 106th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malta Difference Ahead
1960s 16.64 per 1,000 people 9.16 per 1,000 people 7.48 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1970s 13.53 per 1,000 people 9.73 per 1,000 people 3.8 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1980s 10.85 per 1,000 people 8.78 per 1,000 people 2.07 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1990s 6.94 per 1,000 people 7.58 per 1,000 people 0.6385 per 1,000 people Malta
2000s 7.12 per 1,000 people 7.69 per 1,000 people 0.5677 per 1,000 people Malta
2010s 7.3 per 1,000 people 7.59 per 1,000 people 0.2947 per 1,000 people Malta
2020s 7.95 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people 0.245 per 1,000 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, El Salvador or Malta?
El Salvador, at 7.47 per 1,000 people against 7.3 per 1,000 people in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between El Salvador and Malta?
0.17 per 1,000 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malta?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Malta rank globally for death rate, crude?
El Salvador ranks 104th and Malta ranks 106th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.