El Salvador vs Mauritania: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
El Salvador
0.157
in 2023
Mauritania
0.1559
in 2023
El Salvador rank
63rd
Mauritania rank
66th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time
- El Salvador
- Mauritania
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.157 against 0.1559 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0011.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
El Salvador ranks 63rd and Mauritania ranks 66th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3848 | 0.447 | 0.0622 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 0.3472 | 0.3796 | 0.0324 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 0.3135 | 0.3348 | 0.0213 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 0.2885 | 0.2875 | 0.001 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.2125 | 0.2484 | 0.0359 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.1892 | 0.2057 | 0.0165 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.172 | 0.1732 | 0.0012 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.1592 | 0.1585 | 0.0007 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, El Salvador or Mauritania?
- El Salvador, at 0.157 against 0.1559 in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between El Salvador and Mauritania?
- 0.0011, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mauritania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Mauritania rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- El Salvador ranks 63rd and Mauritania ranks 66th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.