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
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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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.