What is the difference in child mortality rate between Israel and Portugal?

0.0112 deaths per 100 live births, with Israel ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Portugal?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Portugal: Child mortality rate

Israel

0.334 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Portugal

0.3228 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Israel rank

177th

Portugal rank

179th

Child mortality rate over time

Israel
Portugal

How they compare

Israel currently reports 0.334 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3228 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal, a difference of 0.0112 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Portugal ahead.

Israel ranks 177th and Portugal ranks 179th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	4.7 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	Portugal
1980s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	2.13 deaths per 100 live births	0.6372 deaths per 100 live births	Portugal
1990s	0.9147 deaths per 100 live births	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.146 deaths per 100 live births	Portugal
2000s	0.5741 deaths per 100 live births	0.5152 deaths per 100 live births	0.0589 deaths per 100 live births	Israel
2010s	0.4012 deaths per 100 live births	0.3628 deaths per 100 live births	0.0384 deaths per 100 live births	Israel
2020s	0.3425 deaths per 100 live births	0.3284 deaths per 100 live births	0.0141 deaths per 100 live births	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Israel or Portugal?: Israel, at 0.334 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3228 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Israel and Portugal?: 0.0112 deaths per 100 live births, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Portugal?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Israel and Portugal rank globally for child mortality rate?: 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .