Life satisfaction vs. child mortality in El Salvador
El Salvador: Life satisfaction vs. child mortality was 6.58 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Life satisfaction vs. child mortality in El Salvador, 2011–2025
Source: Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 6.58 for life satisfaction vs. child mortality in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life satisfaction vs. child mortality in El Salvador peaked at 6.58 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.81, in 2012.
El Salvador ranks 36th of 157 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.09 | 5.81 | 6.35 | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.31 | 6.06 | 6.58 | 6 |
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More health data for El Salvador
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 52,732 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 56,401 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 53,400 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 56,222 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 50,218 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 52,976 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 53,884 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 57,500 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 48.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 51,970 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life satisfaction vs. child mortality in El Salvador?
- Life satisfaction vs. child mortality in El Salvador was 6.58 in 2025, according to Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life satisfaction vs. child mortality recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.58 in 2025.
- What is the lowest life satisfaction vs. child mortality recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.81 in 2012.
- How does El Salvador rank for life satisfaction vs. child mortality?
- El Salvador ranks 36th out of 157 countries with data for 2025.
- Is life satisfaction vs. child mortality rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Wellbeing Research Centre (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life satisfaction vs. child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.