El Salvador vs Guatemala: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in El Salvador and 2.1 per 100 live births in Guatemala, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 1 per 100 live births, or 2.05 times that in El Salvador.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher since 1981, when it overtook El Salvador.
In 2024, El Salvador ranked 122 and Guatemala ranked 74 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	El Salvador	Guatemala	World
2024	1	2.1	3.7
2023	1	2.1	3.8
2022	1.1	2.2	4
2021	1.1	2.3	4
2020	1.2	2.4	3.9
2019	1.2	2.4	4
2018	1.3	2.5	4
2017	1.3	2.6	4.1
2016	1.4	2.7	4.2
2015	1.5	2.8	4.3
2014	1.5	2.9	4.4
2013	1.6	3	4.5
2012	1.7	3.2	4.7
2011	1.8	3.3	5
2010	1.8	3.5	5.1
2009	1.9	3.6	5.3
2008	2	3.8	5.5
2007	2.2	3.9	5.7
2006	2.3	4.1	6
2005	2.4	4.2	6.2
2004	2.5	4.4	6.6
2003	2.7	4.6	6.8
2002	2.9	4.8	7.1
2001	3	5	7.4
2000	3.2	5.2	7.7
1999	3.4	5.4	7.9
1998	3.6	5.6	8.3
1997	3.9	5.9	8.4
1996	4.1	6.1	8.6
1995	4.4	6.4	8.8
1994	4.7	6.7	8.9
1993	5	7	9.1
1992	5.3	7.3	9.2
1991	5.6	7.6	9.3
1990	6	8	9.4
1989	6.3	8.4	9.5
1988	6.7	8.8	10
1987	7.1	9.1	9.9
1986	7.5	9.6	10.3
1985	8	10	10.6
1984	8.5	10.4	10.9
1983	9	10.8	11.1
1982	9.6	13.6	11.2
1981	10.1	11.7	11.6
1980	12.8	12.2	11.9
1979	11.3	12.6	11.9
1978	11.8	13.1	12.3
1977	12.4	13.6	12.6
1976	13	16.5	12.8
1975	13.5	14.5	13.1
1974	14	15	13.3
1973	14.5	15.5	13.5
1972	15	16	13.7
1971	15.4	16.5	13.9
1970	15.9	17.1	14.2
1969	16.3	17.6	14.6
1968	16.7	18.1	15
1967	17.1	18.6	15.3
1966	17.6	19.1	15.1
1965	18	19.5	15.1
1964	18.4	20	15.7
1963	18.8	20.5	16.2
1962	19.2	21	17
1961	19.7	21.5	18.8
1960	20.1	22.1	20.2
1959	20.5	22.6	19.9
1958	21	23.2	19.7
1957	21.4	23.8	20.5
1956	21.9	–	21.3
1955	22.4	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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