Korea vs Portugal: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Korea
3.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Portugal
3.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Korea rank
179th
Portugal rank
177th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Korea
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.1 per 1,000 live births in Korea, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.

Korea ranks 179th and Portugal ranks 177th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 93.43 per 1,000 live births 96.92 per 1,000 live births 3.49 per 1,000 live births Portugal
1970s 51.45 per 1,000 live births 51.77 per 1,000 live births 0.32 per 1,000 live births Portugal
1980s 28.17 per 1,000 live births 23.67 per 1,000 live births 4.5 per 1,000 live births Korea
1990s 12.15 per 1,000 live births 11.73 per 1,000 live births 0.42 per 1,000 live births Korea
2000s 6.22 per 1,000 live births 5.63 per 1,000 live births 0.59 per 1,000 live births Korea
2010s 3.88 per 1,000 live births 3.98 per 1,000 live births 0.1 per 1,000 live births Portugal
2020s 3.18 per 1,000 live births 3.58 per 1,000 live births 0.4 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, male, Korea or Portugal?
Portugal, at 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.1 per 1,000 live births in Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Korea and Portugal?
0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Portugal?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Korea and Portugal rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Korea ranks 179th and Portugal 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.