El Salvador vs Iran: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
El Salvador
11 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iran
11.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
120th
Iran rank
117th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- El Salvador
- Iran
How they compare
Iran currently reports 11.9 per 1,000 live births against 11 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iran ahead.
El Salvador ranks 120th and Iran ranks 117th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Iran in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 142.51 per 1,000 live births | 152.81 per 1,000 live births | 10.3 per 1,000 live births | Iran |
| 1980s | 91.58 per 1,000 live births | 81.96 per 1,000 live births | 9.62 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 50.05 per 1,000 live births | 48.46 per 1,000 live births | 1.59 per 1,000 live births | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 27.58 per 1,000 live births | 28.62 per 1,000 live births | 1.04 per 1,000 live births | Iran |
| 2010s | 16.53 per 1,000 live births | 16.68 per 1,000 live births | 0.15 per 1,000 live births | Iran |
| 2020s | 11.88 per 1,000 live births | 12.72 per 1,000 live births | 0.84 per 1,000 live births | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, El Salvador or Iran?
- Iran, at 11.9 per 1,000 live births against 11 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between El Salvador and Iran?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iran?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Iran rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- El Salvador ranks 120th and Iran ranks 117th 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.