Portugal vs Sweden: Child mortality rate
Portugal
0.3%
in 2019
Sweden
0.3%
in 2019
Portugal rank
191st
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Portugal
- Sweden
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
Across all 70 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 191st and Sweden ranks 192nd of 204 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.0% | 2.3% | 10.7% | Portugal |
| 1960s | 9.3% | 1.7% | 7.5% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 4.7% | 1.1% | 3.6% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 2.1% | 0.7% | 1.4% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Portugal or Sweden?
- Portugal, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Sweden as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Portugal and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Portugal ranks 191st and Sweden ranks 192nd 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.