Israel vs Spain: Child mortality rate

Israel
0.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.32 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel rank
178th
Spain rank
180th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Israel
  • Spain
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How they compare

Israel currently reports 0.33 deaths per 100 live births against 0.32 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 103 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Spain ahead.

Israel ranks 178th and Spain ranks 180th of 200 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Spain Difference Ahead
1920s 17.67 deaths per 100 live births 22.64 deaths per 100 live births 4.97 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1930s 9.73 deaths per 100 live births 18.89 deaths per 100 live births 9.16 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1940s 5.72 deaths per 100 live births 14.41 deaths per 100 live births 8.68 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1950s 5.78 deaths per 100 live births 7.4 deaths per 100 live births 1.63 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1960s 3.83 deaths per 100 live births 4.38 deaths per 100 live births 0.557 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1970s 2.5 deaths per 100 live births 2.31 deaths per 100 live births 0.197 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1980s 1.49 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 0.319 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1990s 0.913 deaths per 100 live births 0.725 deaths per 100 live births 0.188 deaths per 100 live births Israel
2000s 0.574 deaths per 100 live births 0.475 deaths per 100 live births 0.099 deaths per 100 live births Israel
2010s 0.401 deaths per 100 live births 0.342 deaths per 100 live births 0.059 deaths per 100 live births Israel
2020s 0.342 deaths per 100 live births 0.32 deaths per 100 live births 0.022 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 Spain?
Israel, at 0.33 deaths per 100 live births against 0.32 deaths per 100 live births in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Israel and Spain?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Spain?
103 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 2024.
How do Israel and Spain rank globally for child mortality rate?
Israel ranks 178th and Spain 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

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.