Portugal vs Spain: Child mortality rate

Portugal
0.5604
in 2024
Spain
0.5731
in 2024
Portugal rank
170th
Spain rank
169th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Portugal
  • Spain
0204060194919862024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.5731 against 0.5604 in Portugal, a difference of 0.0127.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 170th and Spain ranks 169th of 200 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Spain Difference Ahead
1940s 59.65 33.41 26.25 Portugal
1950s 44.07 16.12 27.95 Portugal
1960s 22.44 5.84 16.61 Portugal
1970s 8.75 3.26 5.5 Portugal
1980s 4.09 2.08 2.01 Portugal
1990s 2.43 1.42 1.01 Portugal
2000s 1.14 0.9052 0.2356 Portugal
2010s 0.691 0.5941 0.0969 Portugal
2020s 0.5802 0.5607 0.0195 Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Portugal or Spain?
Spain, at 0.5731 against 0.5604 in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Portugal and Spain?
0.0127, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for child mortality rate?
Portugal ranks 170th and Spain ranks 169th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNICEF, published as Child mortality rate (aged 1-4 years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Portugal vs Spain: Child mortality rate. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-rate-aged-1-4-years/portugal/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-rate-aged-1-4-years/portugal/spain/">Portugal vs Spain: Child mortality rate</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate (aged 1-4 years)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
249 places, 14,941 data points, 1930–2024
Last refreshed