Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador
El Salvador: Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality was 0.1087 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1087
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
99th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.3741
in 1951
All-time low
0.1087
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.1087 for life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador peaked at 0.3741 in 1951 and was at its lowest, 0.1087, in 2023.
That places El Salvador 99th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3699 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3741 | +1.1% |
| 1952 | 0.3652 | -2.4% |
| 1953 | 0.3643 | -0.3% |
| 1954 | 0.3611 | -0.9% |
| 1955 | 0.3576 | -1.0% |
| 1956 | 0.3539 | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 0.3496 | -1.2% |
| 1958 | 0.3449 | -1.4% |
| 1959 | 0.3421 | -0.8% |
| 1960 | 0.3388 | -1.0% |
| 1961 | 0.335 | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.3309 | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3267 | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.3224 | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.3171 | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.3101 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.3052 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3006 | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2939 | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 0.2894 | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2846 | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.2783 | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2714 | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2656 | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2617 | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2553 | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2535 | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2469 | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2459 | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2483 | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2433 | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2331 | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2238 | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2132 | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2056 | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2005 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1925 | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1868 | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1796 | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1715 | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 0.165 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1593 | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1556 | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1514 | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1476 | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1449 | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1415 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1413 | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1364 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.134 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1333 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.1297 | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.129 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1259 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1252 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1232 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1224 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1213 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.1216 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1184 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1171 | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1152 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1146 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1139 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1141 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1138 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1133 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1122 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1105 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1116 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1127 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1093 | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1087 | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3583 | 0.3421 | 0.3741 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3181 | 0.2939 | 0.3388 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2653 | 0.2459 | 0.2894 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2127 | 0.1796 | 0.2483 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1514 | 0.1364 | 0.1715 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1266 | 0.1213 | 0.134 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1143 | 0.1105 | 0.1184 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1106 | 0.1087 | 0.1127 | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 96 Paraguay 0.1098 compare
- 97 Mauritius 0.1097 compare
- 98 Republic of Moldova 0.1087 compare
- 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1082 compare
- 101 Tonga 0.1077 compare
- 102 American Samoa 0.1074 compare
More health data for El Salvador
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4574 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,537 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 104 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1187 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1251 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador?
- Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality in El Salvador was 0.1087 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy versus lifespan inequality recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3741 in 1951.
- What is the lowest life expectancy versus lifespan inequality recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1087 in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for life expectancy versus lifespan inequality?
- El Salvador ranks 99th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy versus lifespan inequality rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.