What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Ecuador and El Salvador?

0.07 per 100,000 population, with El Salvador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs El Salvador: Suicide mortality rate

Ecuador

7.56 per 100,000 population

in 2021

El Salvador

7.63 per 100,000 population

in 2021

Ecuador rank

92nd

El Salvador rank

89th

Suicide mortality rate over time

Ecuador
El Salvador

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 7.63 per 100,000 population against 7.56 per 100,000 population in Ecuador, a difference of 0.07 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 92nd and El Salvador ranks 89th of 185 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	El Salvador	Difference	Ahead
2000s	7.11 per 100,000 population	8.29 per 100,000 population	1.18 per 100,000 population	El Salvador
2010s	8 per 100,000 population	8.46 per 100,000 population	0.455 per 100,000 population	El Salvador
2020s	7.57 per 100,000 population	7.54 per 100,000 population	0.04 per 100,000 population	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher suicide mortality rate, Ecuador or El Salvador?: El Salvador, at 7.63 per 100,000 population against 7.56 per 100,000 population in Ecuador as of 2021.
What is the difference in suicide mortality rate between Ecuador and El Salvador?: 0.07 per 100,000 population, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for suicide mortality rate?: Ecuador ranks 92nd and El Salvador ranks 89th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
Unit: per 100,000 population
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).