Israel vs Portugal: Child mortality rate by sex
Israel
0.3072 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Portugal
0.291 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel rank
177th
Portugal rank
179th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Israel
- Portugal
How they compare
Israel currently reports 0.3072 deaths per 100 live births against 0.291 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal, a difference of 0.0162 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 73 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Portugal ahead.
Israel ranks 177th and Portugal ranks 179th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.57 deaths per 100 live births | 12.03 deaths per 100 live births | 6.46 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1960s | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 8.43 deaths per 100 live births | 4.85 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1970s | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4842 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.8548 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9436 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0888 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.5337 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4658 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0679 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.3708 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3262 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0446 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.3148 deaths per 100 live births | 0.296 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0187 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Israel or Portugal?
- Israel, at 0.3072 deaths per 100 live births against 0.291 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Israel and Portugal?
- 0.0162 deaths per 100 live births, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Portugal?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2024.
- How do Israel and Portugal rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Israel ranks 177th and Portugal ranks 179th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .