Belgium vs Portugal: Mortality rates at age 25
Belgium
0.0379 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Belgium rank
209th
Portugal rank
210th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Belgium
- Portugal
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.0379 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people in Portugal, a difference of 0.0003 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.
Belgium ranks 209th and Portugal ranks 210th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.158 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.268 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.11 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.1482 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.173 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0248 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.124 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1908 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0668 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.1232 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.185 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0618 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.1227 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2042 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0815 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.1063 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1069 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0006 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.0676 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0605 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0071 deaths per 1,000 people | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.0443 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.046 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0018 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Belgium or Portugal?
- Belgium, at 0.0379 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people in Portugal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Belgium and Portugal?
- 0.0003 deaths per 1,000 people, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Portugal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Portugal rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Belgium ranks 209th and Portugal ranks 210th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.