El Salvador vs Iraq: Mortality rates at age 65
El Salvador
2.59 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iraq
2.63 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
105th
Iraq rank
104th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- El Salvador
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people in El Salvador, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.
El Salvador ranks 105th and Iraq ranks 104th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2154 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1960s | 4.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6262 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3346 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2696 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2000s | 2.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.05 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2010s | 2.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6781 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2020s | 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2009 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, El Salvador or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between El Salvador and Iraq?
- 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iraq?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Iraq rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- El Salvador ranks 105th and Iraq ranks 104th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.