Lithuania vs Spain: Child mortality rate
Lithuania
0.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.32 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania rank
177th
Spain rank
180th
Child mortality rate over time
- Lithuania
- Spain
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 0.34 deaths per 100 live births against 0.32 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.
Lithuania ranks 177th and Spain ranks 180th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.95 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.095 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.958 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1970s | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.109 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1980s | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.571 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.725 deaths per 100 live births | 0.756 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.894 deaths per 100 live births | 0.475 deaths per 100 live births | 0.419 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.496 deaths per 100 live births | 0.342 deaths per 100 live births | 0.154 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.352 deaths per 100 live births | 0.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.032 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Lithuania or Spain?
- Lithuania, at 0.34 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 Lithuania and Spain?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Spain?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Lithuania and Spain rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Lithuania ranks 177th 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
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.