El Salvador vs Libya: Number of child deaths per woman
El Salvador
0.0194 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Libya
0.0197 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
El Salvador rank
124th
Libya rank
123rd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- El Salvador
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0194 under-five deaths per woman in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0003 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Libya ahead.
El Salvador ranks 124th and Libya ranks 123rd of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Libya in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.39 under-five deaths per woman | 2.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9833 under-five deaths per woman | Libya |
| 1960s | 1.2 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4096 under-five deaths per woman | Libya |
| 1970s | 0.7869 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8121 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0252 under-five deaths per woman | Libya |
| 1980s | 0.3913 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3658 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0255 under-five deaths per woman | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.1681 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1355 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0326 under-five deaths per woman | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0662 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0649 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0013 under-five deaths per woman | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0313 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0375 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0063 under-five deaths per woman | Libya |
| 2020s | 0.0205 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0321 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0116 under-five deaths per woman | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, El Salvador or Libya?
- Libya, at 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0194 under-five deaths per woman in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between El Salvador and Libya?
- 0.0003 under-five deaths per woman, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Libya?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Libya rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- El Salvador ranks 124th and Libya ranks 123rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).