Health in El Salvador

1,364 indicators covering health for El Salvador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on noncommunicable diseases - SDG 3.8.1 80 2023 up 3.9% 3rd
UHC Service Coverage Index - SDG 3.8.1 79 2023 unchanged 13th
Maternal mortality ratio - SDG 3.1.1 39.11 2023 up 1.0% 23rd
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - SDG 73 2023 unchanged 17th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 825 2009 up 2.5% 6th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 8 2012 down 42.9% 91st
Current health expenditure 9.29 2023 up 2.6% 5th
Domestic general government health expenditure 18.51 2023 up 10.7% 7th
Domestic general government health expenditure as % of GDP 5.62 2023 up 18.1% 5th
Domestic general government health expenditure 60.55 2023 up 15.1% 15th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita in US$ 303.15 2023 up 77.7% 21st
New cases: other 0 2012 down 100.0% 33rd
Compliance with international health regulations 94 2016 up 27.0% 28th
Number of disruptions to health services attributed to disasters 3 2014 down 25.0% 22nd
Number of indigenous P. vivax malaria cases 0 2024 down 100.0% 39th
Number of imported malaria cases 8 2024 up 100.0% 45th
1.1.1 Children living in households in extreme poverty 1.89 2022 down 72.9% 20th
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than the official 19.85 2023 up 32.5% 11th
Number of out-of-school children one year younger than the official 20,872 2023 up 22.0% 8th
Number of imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 1 2023 25th
Number of imported cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 0 2024 22nd
Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 45.3 2021 up 44.3% 35th
Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 22.65 2021 up 20.9% 54th
Exclusive breastfeeding 45.3 2021 up 44.3% 35th
Number of destroyed or damaged health facilities attributed to 3 2014 up 200.0% 22nd
Persistence to last grade of primary 83.3% 2017 down 0.9% 71st
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 14 constant 2022 US$ 2024 up 100.0% 40th
Ever breastfed 93.3 2021 down 2.9% 46th
Ever breastfed 93.3 2021 down 2.9% 46th
HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 84.0% 2014 up 320.0% 52nd
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 34.4 2021 up 4.9% 50th
Early initiation of breastfeeding 34.4 2021 up 4.9% 50th
Commitments to recipient countries 28.34 2010 up 28.8% 75th
Disbursements to recipient countries 31.79 2010 up 411.1% 73rd
Proportion of population who say that overall they are satisfied with 61.0% 2024 up 3.4% 8th
Imports in 1000s hectolitres 99 2007 up 890.0% 50th
Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 46.7% 2014 up 94.7% 33rd
Population with household spending on health greater than 25% of 1.0% 2019 30th
Children aged <5 years wasted for age 2.0% 2014 up 53.8% 64th
Proportion of isolates with resistance to ciprofloxacin reported to 100 2017 1st
Number of isolates tested for ciprofloxacin 16 2017 up 14.3% 49th
Exports of beer (barley) in 1000s hectolitres 40 2009 up 300.0% 42nd
Civil registration coverage of cause-of-death 78.0% 2012 up 7.8% 56th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB started treatment for MDR-TB 100.0% 2012 3rd