El Salvador vs Guatemala: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 72.1 years in El Salvador and 72.6 years in Guatemala, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.5 years, or 1.01 times that in El Salvador.

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All years Since 1950 Since 1990 Since 2010

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El SalvadorGuatemalaEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

Latest figures

years · UN

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2023	Projected
El Salvador	72.1 2023	71.2	144 of 229	85.3 2100
Guatemala	72.6 2023	70.9	138 of 229	83.1 2100
World	73.2 2023	71.1		81.7 2100

What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher since 2023, when it overtook El Salvador.
In 2023, El Salvador ranked 144 and Guatemala ranked 138 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts El Salvador at 85.3 years and Guatemala at 83.1 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	El Salvador	Guatemala	World
2023	72.1	72.6	73.2
2022	72	71.2	72.6
2021	69.9	67.9	70.9
2020	70.2	70	71.9
2019	71.7	71.6	72.6
2018	71.4	71.5	72.4
2017	71	71.6	72.1
2016	70.9	71.2	71.9
2015	71	70.9	71.6
2014	71.1	70.9	71.4
2013	71.2	70.9	71.1
2012	71.4	70.7	70.8
2011	71.2	70.3	70.4
2010	70.9	69.9	70.1
2009	70.4	69.7	69.7
2008	70.1	69.5	69.3
2007	69.8	69.3	69
2006	69.6	68.8	68.6
2005	69.3	68.2	68.1
2004	69.3	68.2	67.7
2003	68.8	68.2	67.4
2002	68.5	67.8	67.1
2001	68	67.4	66.8
2000	67.7	67.1	66.4
1999	67.3	66.6	66
1998	66.7	66	65.7
1997	66.3	65.3	65.5
1996	65.5	64.5	65.2
1995	64.9	63.7	64.9
1994	64.5	63	64.3
1993	64	62.4	64.4
1992	62.9	62	64.3
1991	62.5	61.9	64.1
1990	62	61.8	64
1989	61.3	61.8	63.8
1988	60	61.5	63.4
1987	59.4	61	63.2
1986	59.3	60.3	62.7
1985	58	59.8	62.2
1984	56.6	59.1	61.9
1983	54.4	57.9	61.5
1982	53.3	48.9	61.3
1981	50.9	54.7	60.9
1980	48.6	55.3	60.5
1979	53.8	56.6	60.2
1978	54.7	56.4	59.5
1977	54.1	55.2	59.2
1976	54.4	47.6	58.6
1975	53.4	52.8	58.3
1974	52.9	53	58.1
1973	52.8	52.9	57.7
1972	52	51.8	57.2
1971	51.7	50.3	56
1970	51.4	48.5	56.3
1969	51.3	47.5	56
1968	50.8	47.8	55.6
1967	50.8	47.7	55.1
1966	50.7	47.5	54.6
1965	50.2	47.2	54
1964	49.8	47.1	54.3
1963	49.4	46.6	53.7
1962	49	46.5	53.2
1961	48.6	46.1	50.4
1960	48.3	45.8	47.8
1959	48	44.3	49.6
1958	47.7	43.1	51.6
1957	47.1	41.9	51.1
1956	46.6	41.3	50.7
1955	46	40.7	50.2
1954	45.5	40.1	49.7
1953	45	39.5	48.8
1952	44.8	38.9	48.2
1951	43.8	38.3	47.1
1950	44.2	37.8	46.4
1940	36	29	–
1930	29	25	–
1921	–	25.8	–
1920	28	25	–
1910	–	24	–
1900	–	24	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	El Salvador	Guatemala	World
2024	72.371.1–73.6	72.871.5–74.1	73.3
2025	72.570.8–74.2	72.971.2–74.7	73.5
2026	72.770.7–74.8	7370.8–75.2	73.8
2027	7370.6–75.3	73.270.7–75.7	73.9
2028	73.270.5–75.6	73.370.4–76.1	74.1
2029	73.470.4–76.1	73.570.3–76.6	74.2
2030	73.670.4–76.5	73.770.1–76.8	74.4
2031	73.870.3–76.9	73.870.1–77.2	74.5
2032	7470.3–77.2	73.970.1–77.5	74.7
2033	74.270.4–77.6	74.169.9–77.8	74.8
2034	74.470.4–78	74.269.9–78.2	75
2035	74.670.4–78.3	74.469.9–78.4	75.1
2036	74.870.5–78.6	74.570.2–78.9	75.3
2037	7570.5–78.8	74.769.9–79.1	75.4
2038	75.270.5–79.3	74.869.9–79.2	75.5
2039	75.470.5–79.5	74.969.9–79.7	75.7
2040	75.670.6–79.9	75.169.9–79.7	75.8
2041	75.870.6–80.2	75.270–80	75.9
2042	7670.6–80.4	75.469.8–80.3	76.1
2043	76.270.7–80.7	75.569.6–80.4	76.2
2044	76.470.8–80.8	75.669.7–80.6	76.3
2045	76.671–81.2	75.869.7–81	76.5
2046	76.871–81.4	75.969.8–81.2	76.6
2047	76.970.9–81.8	7669.9–81.5	76.7
2048	77.171.1–82.1	76.270–81.9	76.8
2049	77.371.1–82.2	76.369.9–82	76.9
2050	77.571.1–82.5	76.470.1–82.3	77
2051	77.771.2–82.7	76.670.3–82.5	77.1
2052	77.971.4–82.9	76.770–82.7	77.2
2053	78.171.6–83.1	76.970–83.1	77.3
2054	78.271.8–83.3	7769.9–83.2	77.4
2055	78.471.7–83.5	77.270.2–83.4	77.6
2056	78.671.9–83.9	77.369.8–83.5	77.7
2057	78.871.8–84.1	77.470–83.7	77.8
2058	7972.1–84.3	77.669.9–84.2	77.9
2059	79.172.1–84.4	77.770–84.4	78
2060	79.372–84.5	77.870–84.6	78.1
2061	79.572.3–84.9	7870.2–85	78.2
2062	79.772.2–85.1	78.170.3–84.9	78.3
2063	79.872.4–85.4	78.370.4–85.2	78.4
2064	8072.6–85.6	78.470.3–85.3	78.5
2065	80.272.7–85.8	78.570.5–85.4	78.6
2066	80.372.5–85.9	78.770.5–85.5	78.7
2067	80.572.8–86.1	78.870.7–85.8	78.8
2068	80.772.9–86.3	78.970.5–86	78.9
2069	80.873.1–86.4	79.170.5–85.9	79
2070	8172.8–86.7	79.270.5–86.2	79.1
2071	81.172.8–86.7	79.370.6–86.1	79.2
2072	81.372.9–86.9	79.570.6–86.3	79.3
2073	81.573.1–87.1	79.670.6–86.5	79.4
2074	81.673.4–87.2	79.870.6–86.6	79.4
2075	81.873.2–87.5	79.970.7–86.7	79.5
2076	81.973.5–87.8	8070.7–86.8	79.6
2077	82.173.7–88	80.270.7–86.9	79.7
2078	82.273.7–88.1	80.371–87	79.8
2079	82.473.9–88.4	80.470.9–87.2	79.9
2080	82.574.2–88.4	80.670.9–87.2	80
2081	82.774.4–88.6	80.770.6–87.4	80.1
2082	82.874.6–88.9	80.870.8–87.8	80.2
2083	8374.6–89	8171.1–87.9	80.3
2084	83.174.6–89	81.171.3–88.1	80.3
2085	83.374.8–89.4	81.271.4–88.2	80.4
2086	83.475–89.6	81.371.3–88.4	80.5
2087	83.674.9–89.7	81.571.3–88.6	80.6
2088	83.775–89.9	81.671.3–88.7	80.7
2089	83.975.1–90.1	81.771.2–89	80.8
2090	8475.3–90.4	81.871.2–89.2	80.9
2091	84.175.4–90.5	8270.9–89.3	81
2092	84.375.5–90.8	82.171.1–89.3	81
2093	84.475.6–91.1	82.271–89.2	81.1
2094	84.576–91.1	82.371.1–89.4	81.2
2095	84.776.1–91.3	82.571.2–89.6	81.3
2096	84.876.3–91.6	82.671.2–89.8	81.4
2097	84.976.3–91.6	82.771.4–90	81.5
2098	85.176.2–91.9	82.871.3–90.2	81.6
2099	85.276.5–91.9	8371.6–90.3	81.7
2100	85.376.5–92.1	83.171.4–90.3	81.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time