Which has higher child mortality, South Korea or Portugal?

Portugal, at 0.32 against 0.28 in South Korea as of 2024.

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

75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Korea

0.28

in 2024

Portugal

0.32

in 2024

South Korea rank

182nd

Portugal rank

180th

Portugal currently reports 0.32 against 0.28 in South Korea, a difference of 0.04.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 182nd and Portugal ranks 180th of 200 countries.

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

Decade	South Korea	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	20.86	13.1	7.75	South Korea
1960s	8.95	9.08	0.129	Portugal
1970s	4.83	4.71	0.126	South Korea
1980s	2.61	2.13	0.486	South Korea
1990s	1.13	1.06	0.069	South Korea
2000s	0.584	0.515	0.069	South Korea
2010s	0.357	0.362	0.005	Portugal
2020s	0.294	0.328	0.034	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, South Korea or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.32 against 0.28 in South Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between South Korea and Portugal?: 0.04, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Portugal?: 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do South Korea and Portugal rank globally for child mortality?: South Korea ranks 182nd and Portugal ranks 180th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.