El Salvador
Infant mortality in El Salvador
Infant mortality in El Salvador: 146.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 9.5 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −136.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 127 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 2.6 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1 per 1,000 live births and 8.5 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 146.7 per 1,000 live births in 1951, the lowest 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | El Salvador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.5 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 9.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 10.2 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 10.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 11 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 11.9 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 12.3 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 12.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 13.4 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 13.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 14.6 | 35 |
| 2011 | 15.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 16 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 17 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 17.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 18.6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 19.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 20.7 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 21.7 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 23.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 24.2 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 25.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 27.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 28.7 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 30.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 32.1 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 34.1 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 36.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 38.8 | 62 |
| 1993 | 41.8 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 45.3 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 49.4 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 54 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 59.1 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 64.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | 69.3 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 74.4 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 79.2 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 83.7 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 87.8 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 91.5 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 94.9 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 97.9 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 100.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 102.9 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 105.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 107 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 108.9 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 110.7 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 112.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 114.3 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 116.2 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 118.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 120.1 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 122.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 124.3 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 126.5 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 128.7 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 130.8 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 132.8 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 134.7 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 136.5 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 138.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 139.6 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 140.8 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 142 | 120 |
| 1956 | 142.9 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 143.7 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 144.4 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 144.9 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 145.3 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 146.7 | 136 |
| 1950 | 146.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | El Salvador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.37.2–12.2 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 96.2–12.9 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 8.65.6–13.2 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 8.35.1–13.5 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 7.94.7–13.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 7.64.3–14.2 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 7.44.1–14.2 | 24 |
| 2031 | 7.13.9–14.4 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 6.83.6–14.4 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 6.63.5–14 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 6.43.2–14.2 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 6.33.1–14.5 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 6.13–14.3 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 5.93–14.3 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 5.82.8–14.3 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 5.62.7–14.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 5.52.6–14.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 5.42.6–14.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 5.22.5–14.2 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 5.12.4–14.2 | 19 |
| 2044 | 52.4–14.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 4.92.3–13.6 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 4.82.3–13.7 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 4.72.2–14.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 4.62.1–13.8 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 4.62.1–14 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 4.52–13.8 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 4.42–13.6 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 4.32–13.9 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 4.22–13.4 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 4.11.9–12.7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 4.11.9–12.8 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 41.8–12.7 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 3.91.8–12.8 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 3.91.8–12.6 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 3.81.8–12.4 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 3.81.8–12.9 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 3.71.7–12.2 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 3.71.7–12.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 3.61.6–12.3 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 3.61.6–12 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 3.51.6–11.9 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 3.51.6–12.3 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 3.41.6–11.9 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 3.41.5–11.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 3.41.5–11.5 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 3.31.5–12.2 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 3.31.5–12 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 3.31.5–11.9 | 13 |
| 2073 | 3.21.5–11.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 3.21.5–11.5 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 3.21.4–11.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 3.11.4–11.3 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 3.11.4–11.1 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 3.11.3–11.3 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 31.3–10.8 | 12 |
| 2080 | 31.3–10.4 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 31.3–10.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 31.3–9.9 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 2.91.2–10 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 2.91.3–10.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 2.91.2–9.7 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 2.91.2–9.5 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 2.91.2–9.9 | 11 |
| 2088 | 2.81.2–9.5 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.81.1–9.5 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.81.1–9.3 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 2.81.1–9.3 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 2.71.1–9.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 2.71–9.2 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 2.71–8.8 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 2.71–8.7 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 2.71–8.4 | 10 |
| 2097 | 2.61–8.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 2.61–8.7 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 2.61–8.6 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 2.61–8.5 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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.
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- Military spending1.34% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$489M in 2025
- Military spending per person$77 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel42,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1991