Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — El Salvador

Infant mortality rate in El Salvador in 2024 — 8.8 per 1,000. Ranked 77 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 93.5%.

2024 8.8 per 1,000 −4.35% vs 2023
World rank 77of 196
Period maximum 136.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 8.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — El Salvador, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 136.3 per 1,0001962: 132.5 per 1,0001964: 128.4 per 1,0001966: 124.4 per 1,0001968: 120 per 1,0001970: 115.3 per 1,0001972: 110.1 per 1,0001974: 104.2 per 1,0001976: 97.2 per 1,0001978: 89.7 per 1,0001980: 89.9 per 1,0001982: 73.8 per 1,0001984: 66 per 1,0001986: 58.8 per 1,0001988: 52.6 per 1,0001990: 47.2 per 1,0001992: 42.4 per 1,0001994: 37.9 per 1,0001996: 33.6 per 1,0001998: 29.8 per 1,0002000: 26.4 per 1,0002002: 23.6 per 1,0002004: 21.1 per 1,0002006: 19 per 1,0002008: 17.2 per 1,0002010: 15.6 per 1,0002012: 14.3 per 1,0002014: 13.1 per 1,0002016: 12 per 1,0002018: 11.1 per 1,0002020: 10.2 per 1,0002022: 9.5 per 1,0002024: 8.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −127.5 (−93.54%) Average annual rate: -4.19 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 8.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Central America computed 12.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 8.8 −0.4 −4.35%
2023 9.2 −0.3 −3.16%
2022 9.5 −0.3 −3.06%
2021 9.8 −0.4 −3.92%
2020 10.2 −0.4 −3.77%
2019 10.6 −0.5 −4.5%
2018 11.1 −0.4 −3.48%
2017 11.5 −0.5 −4.17%
2016 12 −0.6 −4.76%
2015 12.6 −0.5 −3.82%
2014 13.1 −0.6 −4.38%
2013 13.7 −0.6 −4.2%
2012 14.3 −0.6 −4.03%
2011 14.9 −0.7 −4.49%
2010 15.6 −0.8 −4.88%
2009 16.4 −0.8 −4.65%
2008 17.2 −0.9 −4.97%
2007 18.1 −0.9 −4.74%
2006 19 −1 −5%
2005 20 −1.1 −5.21%
2004 21.1 −1.2 −5.38%
2003 22.3 −1.3 −5.51%
2002 23.6 −1.4 −5.6%
2001 25 −1.4 −5.3%
2000 26.4 −1.6 −5.71%
1999 28 −1.8 −6.04%
1998 29.8 −1.8 −5.7%
1997 31.6 −2 −5.95%
1996 33.6 −2.1 −5.88%
1995 35.7 −2.2 −5.8%
1994 37.9 −2.2 −5.49%
1993 40.1 −2.3 −5.42%
1992 42.4 −2.4 −5.36%
1991 44.8 −2.4 −5.08%
1990 47.2 −2.6 −5.22%
1989 49.8 −2.8 −5.32%
1988 52.6 −2.9 −5.23%
1987 55.5 −3.3 −5.61%
1986 58.8 −3.4 −5.47%
1985 62.2 −3.8 −5.76%
1984 66 −3.9 −5.58%
1983 69.9 −3.9 −5.28%
1982 73.8 −4 −5.14%
1981 77.8 −12.1 −13.46%
1980 89.9 +4.1 +4.78%
1979 85.8 −3.9 −4.35%
1978 89.7 −3.8 −4.06%
1977 93.5 −3.7 −3.81%
1976 97.2 −3.6 −3.57%
1975 100.8 −3.4 −3.26%
1974 104.2 −3 −2.8%
1973 107.2 −2.9 −2.63%
1972 110.1 −2.7 −2.39%
1971 112.8 −2.5 −2.17%
1970 115.3 −2.4 −2.04%
1969 117.7 −2.3 −1.92%
1968 120 −2.1 −1.72%
1967 122.1 −2.3 −1.85%
1966 124.4 −2.1 −1.66%
1965 126.5 −1.9 −1.48%
1964 128.4 −2 −1.53%
1963 130.4 −2.1 −1.58%
1962 132.5 −1.8 −1.34%
1961 134.3 −2 −1.47%
1960 136.3

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.