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
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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About this data
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.