Life expectancy at age 15 in El Salvador
El Salvador: Life expectancy at age 15 was 85.63 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in El Salvador, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 85.63 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in El Salvador peaked at 85.63 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.8 years, in 1980.
That places El Salvador 136th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.54 years | 58.78 years | 62.31 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 63.16 years | 62.48 years | 63.62 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.87 years | 63.28 years | 64.85 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.49 years | 56.8 years | 66.91 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.33 years | 67 years | 70.03 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.3 years | 70.31 years | 72.13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.57 years | 72.21 years | 72.92 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.12 years | 71 years | 74.23 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 75.24 years | 74.41 years | 76.07 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 77.05 years | 76.25 years | 77.85 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 78.81 years | 78.03 years | 79.59 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 80.5 years | 79.75 years | 81.23 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 82.06 years | 81.39 years | 82.75 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 83.55 years | 82.89 years | 84.18 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 84.92 years | 84.32 years | 85.5 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 85.63 years | 85.63 years | 85.63 years | 1 |
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More health data for El Salvador
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 57,489 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 53,871 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 57,891 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 54,053 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 57,818 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 54,084 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 53,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 53,418 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 56,536 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 57,783 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in El Salvador?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in El Salvador was 85.63 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 85.63 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.8 years in 1980.
- How does El Salvador rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- El Salvador ranks 136th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.