El Salvador's life expectancy rose from 64.9 yrs in 1995 to 72.3 yrs in 2024.
El Salvador · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
El Salvador's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 62.0 yrs in 2000 to 62.2 yrs in 2021.
El Salvador's infant mortality fell from 35.7 ‰ in 1995 to 8.8 ‰ in 2024.
El Salvador's under-5 mortality rate fell from 44.2 ‰ in 1995 to 10.0 ‰ in 2024.
El Salvador's maternal mortality ratio fell from 101.0 /100k in 1994 to 39.0 /100k in 2023.
El Salvador's ncd mortality fell from 12.7 % in 2000 to 12.6 % in 2021.
El Salvador's suicide mortality rate fell from 7.7 /100k in 2000 to 7.6 /100k in 2021.
El Salvador's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 35.9 /100k in 2000 to 20.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.5 pts40th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +0.1 %91st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.4 pts120th of 192
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- Physiciansup +3.2 %33rd of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −18.1 %85th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +0.8 %60th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −3.0 pts46th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts59th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts68th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +34.9 %150th of 208
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- Safe sanitationdown −0.4 pts99th of 141
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- Safe drinking waterNo data