Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador
El Salvador: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.1087 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1087
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
99th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.3741
in 1951
All-time low
0.1087
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.1087 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador peaked at 0.3741 in 1951 and was at its lowest, 0.1087, in 2023.
That places El Salvador 99th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3699 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3741 | +1.1% |
| 1952 | 0.3652 | -2.4% |
| 1953 | 0.3643 | -0.3% |
| 1954 | 0.3611 | -0.9% |
| 1955 | 0.3576 | -1.0% |
| 1956 | 0.3539 | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 0.3496 | -1.2% |
| 1958 | 0.3449 | -1.4% |
| 1959 | 0.3421 | -0.8% |
| 1960 | 0.3388 | -1.0% |
| 1961 | 0.335 | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.3309 | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3267 | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.3224 | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.3171 | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.3101 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.3052 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3006 | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2939 | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 0.2894 | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2846 | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.2783 | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2714 | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2656 | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2617 | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2553 | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2535 | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2469 | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2459 | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2483 | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2433 | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2331 | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2238 | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2132 | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.2056 | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2005 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1925 | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1868 | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1796 | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1715 | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 0.165 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1593 | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1556 | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1514 | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1476 | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1449 | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1415 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1413 | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1364 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.134 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1333 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.1297 | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.129 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1259 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1252 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1232 | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1224 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1213 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.1216 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1184 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1171 | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1152 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1146 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1139 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1141 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1138 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1133 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1122 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1105 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1116 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1127 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1093 | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1087 | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3583 | 0.3421 | 0.3741 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3181 | 0.2939 | 0.3388 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2653 | 0.2459 | 0.2894 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2127 | 0.1796 | 0.2483 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1514 | 0.1364 | 0.1715 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1266 | 0.1213 | 0.134 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1143 | 0.1105 | 0.1184 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1106 | 0.1087 | 0.1127 | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 96 Paraguay 0.1098 compare
- 97 Mauritius 0.1097 compare
- 98 Republic of Moldova 0.1087 compare
- 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1082 compare
- 101 Tonga 0.1077 compare
- 102 American Samoa 0.1074 compare
More poverty & inequality data for El Salvador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.77 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,819 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in El Salvador was 0.1087 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3741 in 1951.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1087 in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- El Salvador ranks 99th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.