Portugal vs Spain: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Portugal
2.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Spain
2.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Portugal rank
177th
Spain rank
177th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.9 per 1,000 live births against 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Spain, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 177th and Spain ranks 177th of 197 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.34 per 1,000 live births | 38.84 per 1,000 live births | 45.5 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 1970s | 42.1 per 1,000 live births | 20.31 per 1,000 live births | 21.79 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 1980s | 18.8 per 1,000 live births | 10.33 per 1,000 live births | 8.47 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 1990s | 9.43 per 1,000 live births | 6.52 per 1,000 live births | 2.91 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 2000s | 4.66 per 1,000 live births | 4.32 per 1,000 live births | 0.34 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 2010s | 3.26 per 1,000 live births | 3.12 per 1,000 live births | 0.14 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
| 2020s | 2.94 per 1,000 live births | 2.9 per 1,000 live births | 0.04 per 1,000 live births | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 2.9 per 1,000 live births against 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Portugal and Spain?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Portugal ranks 177th and Spain ranks 177th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.