Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador

El Salvador: Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who was 0.8013 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.8013
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
98th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.8013
in 2021
All-time low
0.5023
in 2002
Years of data
22
2000–2021

Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador, 2000–2021

00.20.40.60.82000201020212000: 0.5292001: 0.5442002: 0.5022003: 0.5262004: 0.5312005: 0.5442006: 0.5482007: 0.5442008: 0.5442009: 0.5642010: 0.5542011: 0.5582012: 0.5392013: 0.5682014: 0.6162015: 0.6652016: 0.6322017: 0.6462018: 0.6072019: 0.6332020: 0.7852021: 0.801

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2021, crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador stood at 0.8013. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador peaked at 0.8013 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5023, in 2002.

El Salvador ranks 98th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador, 2000 to 2021.
Year Value Change
2000 0.5286 —
2001 0.5442 +2.9%
2002 0.5023 -7.7%
2003 0.526 +4.7%
2004 0.5314 +1.0%
2005 0.5442 +2.4%
2006 0.5485 +0.8%
2007 0.544 -0.8%
2008 0.5441 +0.0%
2009 0.5642 +3.7%
2010 0.5544 -1.7%
2011 0.5583 +0.7%
2012 0.5392 -3.4%
2013 0.5681 +5.4%
2014 0.6159 +8.4%
2015 0.6649 +8.0%
2016 0.6322 -4.9%
2017 0.6459 +2.2%
2018 0.6067 -6.1%
2019 0.6329 +4.3%
2020 0.7847 +24.0%
2021 0.8013 +2.1%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.8013 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.863, 93% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.8013 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8577, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.5377 0.5023 0.5642 10
2010s 0.6018 0.5392 0.6649 10
2020s 0.793 0.7847 0.8013 2

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 95 Eritrea 0.8065 compare
  2. 96 China 0.8063 compare
  3. 97 Nigeria 0.8025 compare
  4. 99 Cameroon 0.7938 compare
  5. 100 Tunisia 0.7933 compare
  6. 101 Lebanon 0.7914 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador?
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in El Salvador was 0.8013 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.8013 in 2021.
What is the lowest crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5023 in 2002.
How does El Salvador rank for crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who?
El Salvador ranks 98th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
Is crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who
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194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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