El Salvador vs Mongolia: Life expectancy at birth, total

El Salvador
72.3 years
in 2024
Mongolia
72.4 years
in 2024
El Salvador rank
135th
Mongolia rank
134th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • El Salvador
  • Mongolia
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 72.4 years against 72.3 years in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 135th and Mongolia ranks 134th of 217 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Mongolia Difference Ahead
1960s 49.89 years 48.14 years 1.75 years El Salvador
1970s 53.1 years 53.86 years 0.7581 years Mongolia
1980s 56.18 years 56.39 years 0.2191 years Mongolia
1990s 64.65 years 60.89 years 3.76 years El Salvador
2000s 69.16 years 65.13 years 4.02 years El Salvador
2010s 71.19 years 70.13 years 1.06 years El Salvador
2020s 71.31 years 71.88 years 0.572 years Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, total, El Salvador or Mongolia?
Mongolia, at 72.4 years against 72.3 years in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, total between El Salvador and Mongolia?
0.1 years, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mongolia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Mongolia rank globally for life expectancy at birth, total?
El Salvador ranks 135th and Mongolia ranks 134th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,191 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.