Portugal vs Spain: Child mortality vs population growth

Portugal
-0.2806
in 2023
Spain
-0.2309
in 2023
Portugal rank
204th
Spain rank
201st

Child mortality vs population growth over time

  • Portugal
  • Spain
-0.500.511.5195019862023

How they compare

Spain currently reports -0.2309 against -0.2806 in Portugal, a difference of 0.0497.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 204th and Spain ranks 201st of 229 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Spain Difference Ahead
1950s 1.25 1.1 0.1494 Portugal
1960s 1.26 1.23 0.0244 Portugal
1970s 0.9124 1.03 0.1221 Spain
1980s 0.433 0.4519 0.0188 Spain
1990s 0.1142 0.1022 0.012 Portugal
2000s 0.0608 0.1816 0.1208 Spain
2010s -0.172 0.0314 0.2034 Spain
2020s -0.3684 -0.2728 0.0956 Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality vs population growth, Portugal or Spain?
Spain, at -0.2309 against -0.2806 in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in child mortality vs population growth between Portugal and Spain?
0.0497, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for child mortality vs population growth?
Portugal ranks 204th and Spain ranks 201st of 229 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality vs population growth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed