Portugal vs Spain: Infant mortality rate
Portugal
0.2669 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.2621 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Portugal rank
178th
Spain rank
180th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.2669 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2621 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 178th and Spain ranks 180th of 199 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10.21 deaths per 100 live births | 8.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1950s | 9.1 deaths per 100 live births | 5.89 deaths per 100 live births | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1960s | 7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.82 deaths per 100 live births | 3.17 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1970s | 3.87 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9661 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7603 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.8201 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5833 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2368 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.4016 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0162 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.2939 deaths per 100 live births | 0.282 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0119 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.2706 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births | 0.009 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.2669 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2621 deaths per 100 live births in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Portugal ranks 178th and Spain ranks 180th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant 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 estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .