# Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador

Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 72.3 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `sv`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/el-salvador
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/el-salvador.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=sv

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 72.3 |
| 2023 | 72.1 |
| 2022 | 71.97 |
| 2021 | 69.94 |
| 2020 | 70.24 |
| 2019 | 71.73 |
| 2018 | 71.38 |
| 2017 | 71.01 |
| 2016 | 70.91 |
| 2015 | 70.95 |
| 2014 | 71.14 |
| 2013 | 71.23 |
| 2012 | 71.42 |
| 2011 | 71.19 |
| 2010 | 70.91 |
| 2009 | 70.36 |
| 2008 | 70.14 |
| 2007 | 69.82 |
| 2006 | 69.61 |
| 2005 | 69.34 |
| 2004 | 69.3 |
| 2003 | 68.79 |
| 2002 | 68.53 |
| 2001 | 67.97 |
| 2000 | 67.71 |
| 1999 | 67.29 |
| 1998 | 66.66 |
| 1997 | 66.25 |
| 1996 | 65.48 |
| 1995 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 64.47 |
| 1993 | 64 |
| 1992 | 62.94 |
| 1991 | 62.54 |
| 1990 | 61.98 |
| 1989 | 61.25 |
| 1988 | 59.98 |
| 1987 | 59.4 |
| 1986 | 59.33 |
| 1985 | 58.03 |
| 1984 | 56.57 |
| 1983 | 54.37 |
| 1982 | 53.34 |
| 1981 | 50.89 |
| 1980 | 48.59 |
| 1979 | 53.81 |
| 1978 | 54.71 |
| 1977 | 54.05 |
| 1976 | 54.38 |
| 1975 | 53.42 |
| 1974 | 52.89 |
| 1973 | 52.78 |
| 1972 | 51.96 |
| 1971 | 51.67 |
| 1970 | 51.36 |
| 1969 | 51.28 |
| 1968 | 50.84 |
| 1967 | 50.84 |
| 1966 | 50.67 |
| 1965 | 50.21 |
| 1964 | 49.75 |
| 1963 | 49.38 |
| 1962 | 49 |
| 1961 | 48.63 |
| 1960 | 48.29 |