Austria vs Spain: Child mortality

Austria
0.3322 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3193 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria rank
181st
Spain rank
183rd

Child mortality over time

  • Austria
  • Spain
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0129 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Spain ahead.

Austria ranks 181st and Spain ranks 183rd of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 13 and Spain in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Spain Difference Ahead
1800s 33.68 deaths per 100 live births 45.06 deaths per 100 live births 11.38 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1810s 30.24 deaths per 100 live births 45.06 deaths per 100 live births 14.82 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1820s 30.54 deaths per 100 live births 45.06 deaths per 100 live births 14.52 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1830s 40.81 deaths per 100 live births 45.06 deaths per 100 live births 4.25 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1840s 40.03 deaths per 100 live births 44.86 deaths per 100 live births 4.83 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1850s 40.56 deaths per 100 live births 34.09 deaths per 100 live births 6.47 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1860s 41.44 deaths per 100 live births 30.71 deaths per 100 live births 10.72 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1870s 41.71 deaths per 100 live births 32.3 deaths per 100 live births 9.41 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1880s 40.45 deaths per 100 live births 30.84 deaths per 100 live births 9.61 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1890s 38.77 deaths per 100 live births 31.65 deaths per 100 live births 7.12 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1900s 34.65 deaths per 100 live births 28.46 deaths per 100 live births 6.19 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1910s 30.63 deaths per 100 live births 28.36 deaths per 100 live births 2.27 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1920s 21.22 deaths per 100 live births 24.15 deaths per 100 live births 2.93 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1930s 13.34 deaths per 100 live births 18.96 deaths per 100 live births 5.61 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1940s 10.73 deaths per 100 live births 14.54 deaths per 100 live births 3.82 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1950s 5.65 deaths per 100 live births 7.4 deaths per 100 live births 1.75 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1960s 3.45 deaths per 100 live births 4.38 deaths per 100 live births 0.9321 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1970s 2.36 deaths per 100 live births 2.31 deaths per 100 live births 0.0573 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1980s 1.3 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 0.1278 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1990s 0.7299 deaths per 100 live births 0.7243 deaths per 100 live births 0.0055 deaths per 100 live births Austria
2000s 0.4974 deaths per 100 live births 0.4756 deaths per 100 live births 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births Austria
2010s 0.3817 deaths per 100 live births 0.3412 deaths per 100 live births 0.0405 deaths per 100 live births Austria
2020s 0.336 deaths per 100 live births 0.3174 deaths per 100 live births 0.0186 deaths per 100 live births Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Austria or Spain?
Austria, at 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Austria and Spain?
0.0129 deaths per 100 live births, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Austria and Spain rank globally for child mortality?
Austria ranks 181st and Spain ranks 183rd of 203 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 Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.