El Salvador vs Panama: Life satisfaction vs. child mortality

El Salvador
6.58
in 2025
Panama
6.55
in 2025
El Salvador rank
36th
Panama rank
38th

Life satisfaction vs. child mortality over time

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 6.58 against 6.55 in Panama, a difference of 0.031.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, El Salvador ranks 36th and Panama ranks 38th of 157 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life satisfaction vs. child mortality
Source
Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
157 places, 2,073 data points, 2011–2025
Last refreshed

Average of survey responses. The survey question asks respondents their current position on a hypothetical ladder, where the best possible life for them is a 10, and the worst possible life is a 0.