Israel vs Spain: Child mortality
Israel
0.334 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3193 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel rank
180th
Spain rank
183rd
Child mortality over time
- Israel
- Spain
How they compare
Israel currently reports 0.334 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3193 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0147 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Spain ahead.
Israel ranks 180th and Spain ranks 183rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 13 and Spain in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 44.8 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2645 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1810s | 44.79 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2743 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1820s | 44.78 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2835 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1830s | 44.77 deaths per 100 live births | 45.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2935 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1840s | 44.76 deaths per 100 live births | 44.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1008 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1850s | 44.75 deaths per 100 live births | 34.09 deaths per 100 live births | 10.66 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1860s | 44.74 deaths per 100 live births | 30.71 deaths per 100 live births | 14.02 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1870s | 44.73 deaths per 100 live births | 32.3 deaths per 100 live births | 12.42 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1880s | 44.72 deaths per 100 live births | 30.84 deaths per 100 live births | 13.88 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1890s | 44.71 deaths per 100 live births | 31.65 deaths per 100 live births | 13.06 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1900s | 39.22 deaths per 100 live births | 28.46 deaths per 100 live births | 10.76 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1910s | 29.08 deaths per 100 live births | 28.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7206 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1920s | 18.97 deaths per 100 live births | 24.15 deaths per 100 live births | 5.18 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1930s | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 18.96 deaths per 100 live births | 9.23 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1940s | 5.72 deaths per 100 live births | 14.54 deaths per 100 live births | 8.82 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1950s | 5.78 deaths per 100 live births | 7.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1960s | 3.82 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5592 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1970s | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1981 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1980s | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3191 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1990s | 0.9147 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7243 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1903 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2000s | 0.5741 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4756 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0986 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.4012 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3412 deaths per 100 live births | 0.06 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.3425 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3174 deaths per 100 live births | 0.025 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Israel or Spain?
- Israel, at 0.334 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 Israel and Spain?
- 0.0147 deaths per 100 live births, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Spain?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Israel and Spain rank globally for child mortality?
- Israel ranks 180th 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.