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El Salvador
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#120out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

13610472.640.78.8196019922024El Salvador · 2024: 8.80El Salvador

Analytical takeaways

  • El Salvador records 8.80 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #120 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 136.30 in 1960 to 8.80 in 2024, a decrease of 127.50.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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