El Salvador vs Vietnam: Average age of mothers at childbirth

El Salvador
27.14 years
in 2023
Vietnam
27.19 years
in 2023
El Salvador rank
222nd
Vietnam rank
219th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

  • El Salvador
  • Vietnam
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How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 27.19 years against 27.14 years in El Salvador, a difference of 0.05 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Vietnam has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 222nd and Vietnam ranks 219th of 236 countries.

Vietnam has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Vietnam Difference Ahead
1950s 28.46 years 31.07 years 2.61 years Vietnam
1960s 28.84 years 30.98 years 2.14 years Vietnam
1970s 28.52 years 30.69 years 2.17 years Vietnam
1980s 27.67 years 29.45 years 1.78 years Vietnam
1990s 26.86 years 27.65 years 0.7868 years Vietnam
2000s 26.73 years 27.2 years 0.4695 years Vietnam
2010s 26.9 years 27.06 years 0.1608 years Vietnam
2020s 27.13 years 27.2 years 0.0688 years Vietnam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, El Salvador or Vietnam?
Vietnam, at 27.19 years against 27.14 years in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between El Salvador and Vietnam?
0.05 years, with Vietnam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Vietnam?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Vietnam rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?
El Salvador ranks 222nd and Vietnam ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit
years
Source
Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.