Austria vs Portugal: Child mortality rate
Austria
0.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Portugal
0.32 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria rank
178th
Portugal rank
180th
Child mortality rate over time
- Austria
- Portugal
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.33 deaths per 100 live births against 0.32 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 178th and Portugal ranks 180th of 200 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30.4 deaths per 100 live births | 25.94 deaths per 100 live births | 4.46 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1920s | 20.41 deaths per 100 live births | 23.46 deaths per 100 live births | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1930s | 13.79 deaths per 100 live births | 22.81 deaths per 100 live births | 9.01 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1940s | 11.96 deaths per 100 live births | 19.04 deaths per 100 live births | 7.08 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1950s | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | 13.1 deaths per 100 live births | 7.45 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1960s | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 9.08 deaths per 100 live births | 5.63 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1970s | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 4.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.828 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.729 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.333 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.496 deaths per 100 live births | 0.515 deaths per 100 live births | 0.019 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.381 deaths per 100 live births | 0.362 deaths per 100 live births | 0.019 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.334 deaths per 100 live births | 0.328 deaths per 100 live births | 0.006 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Austria or Portugal?
- Austria, at 0.33 deaths per 100 live births against 0.32 deaths per 100 live births in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Austria and Portugal?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Portugal?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Portugal rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Austria ranks 178th and Portugal ranks 180th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN 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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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.