Portugal vs Spain: Mortality rates at age 25
Portugal
0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Spain
0.0367 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal rank
210th
Spain rank
212th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0367 deaths per 1,000 people in Spain, a difference of 0.0009 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 210th and Spain ranks 212th of 236 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.268 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2265 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0415 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.173 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1362 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0368 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.1908 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1178 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.073 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.185 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1272 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0578 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.2042 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1346 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0696 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.1069 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0714 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0355 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.0605 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0391 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0214 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.046 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0447 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0013 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, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.0376 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0367 deaths per 1,000 people in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0009 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Portugal ranks 210th and Spain ranks 212th 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.