El Salvador vs Libya: Mortality rates at age 65
El Salvador
2.59 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Libya
2.63 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
105th
Libya rank
102nd
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- El Salvador
- Libya
How they compare
Libya 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 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 105th and Libya ranks 102nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 6 and Libya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1975 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 4.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5164 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.23 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.27 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7135 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3459 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2010s | 2.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4993 deaths per 1,000 people | Libya |
| 2020s | 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0205 deaths per 1,000 people | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, El Salvador or Libya?
- Libya, 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 Libya?
- 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Libya?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Libya rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- El Salvador ranks 105th and Libya ranks 102nd 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.