El Salvador vs Oman: Mortality rate, infant

El Salvador
8.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Oman
8.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
120th
Oman rank
123rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • El Salvador
  • Oman
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 8.8 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Oman, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Oman ahead.

El Salvador ranks 120th and Oman ranks 123rd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Oman in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Oman Difference Ahead
1960s 127.26 per 1,000 live births 205.04 per 1,000 live births 77.78 per 1,000 live births Oman
1970s 101.66 per 1,000 live births 129.94 per 1,000 live births 28.28 per 1,000 live births Oman
1980s 65.63 per 1,000 live births 57.35 per 1,000 live births 8.28 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
1990s 37.11 per 1,000 live births 21.48 per 1,000 live births 15.63 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2000s 20.91 per 1,000 live births 11 per 1,000 live births 9.91 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2010s 12.94 per 1,000 live births 9.09 per 1,000 live births 3.85 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2020s 9.5 per 1,000 live births 8.48 per 1,000 live births 1.02 per 1,000 live births El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, El Salvador or Oman?
El Salvador, at 8.8 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Oman as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between El Salvador and Oman?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Oman?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Oman rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
El Salvador ranks 120th and Oman ranks 123rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.