Health in El Salvador

1,343 indicators covering health for El Salvador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.23 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.5% 58th
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.2% 101st
Suicide mortality rate, male 12.59 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 13.6% 72nd
Suicide mortality rate 7.63 per 100,000 population 2021 down 14.4% 89th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 12.6 2021 up 3.3% 142nd
Mortality from ncds gender 15.2 2021 up 9.4% 134th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 62.2 2021 down 3.4% 99th
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 1.74 2021 down 0.1% 181st
Nurses and midwives 2.18 per 1,000 people 2022 up 20.3% 127th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 34.72 2024 up 3.6% 87th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 0.191 2023 down 76.8% 96th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 12.3% 2023 down 70.7% 105th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 1.36 2023 up 19.6% 74th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 10.1 2014 up 13.5% 63rd
Child mortality rate ihme 1.09 2019 down 42.0% 126th
Neonatal mortality ihme 0.53 2019 down 40.4% 131st
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 593 2019 down 42.8% 109th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.25 2020 up 14.7% 107th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 3.15 2020 up 16.2% 111th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 5.35 2020 up 16.3% 111th
Low-birthweight babies 10.2% 2020 down 2.0% 78th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 76 2024 up 38.2% 61st
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 55.34 2022 up 18.3% 57th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 12.84 2022 up 9.5% 95th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 11.96 2022 up 13.0% 114th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 55.25 2022 up 17.2% 56th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.0887 2023 down 24.9% 110th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.0887 2023 down 24.9% 110th
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 1 2024 down 34.1% 92nd
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 13.3% 2022 down 39.8% 66th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 12.9% 2022 down 38.0% 70th
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 99th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 99th
Maternal mortality slope chart 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 100th
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 100th
Number of maternal deaths by region 43.65 2020 up 2.5% 100th
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 100th
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 100th
Maternal deaths by income group 43.65 2020 up 2.5% 100th
Maternal mortality vs fertility 42.79 2020 up 19.5% 100th
Maternal deaths ihme 43.65 2020 up 2.5% 100th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 11.9% 2023 down 71.3% 100th
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for 0.1848 2023 down 77.3% 94th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 99.0% 2025 up 5.3% 1st
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose  (DTP3) 99.0% 2025 up 5.3% 1st
Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage 98.0% 2025 up 1.0% 19th
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 99.0% 2025 up 5.3% 1st
Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 71.0% 2025 down 19.3% 136th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis first-dose (DTP1) 99.0% 2025 up 2.1% 1st
Implementation of tools to monitor economic and environmental tourism 0 2021 96th
New HIV infections 0.1 2025 down 47.4% 70th
Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 9.4% 2024 down 32.4% 95th
Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions) 46.4 2024 down 41.8% 98th
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) 41.6 2024 up 6.4% 92nd
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 8.5% 2024 up 25.0% 53rd
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 75.7% 2024 down 8.2% 51st
Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 0.9 2018 down 10.0% 184th
Mean total cholesterol, crude 4.5 2018 down 4.3% 92nd
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 3.5 2018 down 5.4% 52nd