Italy vs Portugal: Child mortality rate
Italy
0.3%
in 2019
Portugal
0.3%
in 2019
Italy rank
188th
Portugal rank
191st
Child mortality rate over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Portugal, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.
Italy ranks 188th and Portugal ranks 191st of 204 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.7% | 13.0% | 6.2% | Portugal |
| 1960s | 4.3% | 9.3% | 4.9% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 2.5% | 4.7% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 2.1% | 0.8% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Italy or Portugal?
- Italy, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Portugal as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Italy and Portugal?
- 0.0%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Italy ranks 188th and Portugal ranks 191st of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death before the age of five.