El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Youth mortality rate

El Salvador
1.47 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
114th
Nicaragua rank
117th

Youth mortality rate over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.47 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Nicaragua ahead.

El Salvador ranks 114th and Nicaragua ranks 117th of 199 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1980s 7.36 deaths per 100 live births 8.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.7858 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
1990s 5.06 deaths per 100 live births 6.09 deaths per 100 live births 1.03 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2000s 2.86 deaths per 100 live births 3.55 deaths per 100 live births 0.6936 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2010s 1.84 deaths per 100 live births 2.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.3548 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua
2020s 1.55 deaths per 100 live births 1.67 deaths per 100 live births 0.1247 deaths per 100 live births Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
El Salvador, at 1.47 deaths per 100 live births against 1.42 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for youth mortality rate?
El Salvador ranks 114th and Nicaragua ranks 117th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Youth mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.