Which has higher number of child deaths, Austria or Portugal?

Portugal, at 277 deaths against 258 deaths in Austria as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Austria and Portugal?

19 deaths, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Portugal?

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Portugal: Number of child deaths

Austria

258 deaths

in 2024

Portugal

277 deaths

in 2024

Austria rank

141st

Portugal rank

139th

Number of child deaths over time

Austria
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 277 deaths against 258 deaths in Austria, a difference of 19 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Portugal ahead.

Austria ranks 141st and Portugal ranks 139th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5,603 deaths	25,134 deaths	19,531 deaths	Portugal
1960s	4,436 deaths	18,840 deaths	14,404 deaths	Portugal
1970s	2,364 deaths	8,392 deaths	6,028 deaths	Portugal
1980s	1,165 deaths	3,026 deaths	1,861 deaths	Portugal
1990s	657.4 deaths	1,208 deaths	550.6 deaths	Portugal
2000s	384.2 deaths	570.6 deaths	186.4 deaths	Portugal
2010s	309.7 deaths	325.4 deaths	15.7 deaths	Portugal
2020s	276 deaths	274.8 deaths	1.2 deaths	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Austria or Portugal?: Portugal, at 277 deaths against 258 deaths in Austria as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Austria and Portugal?: 19 deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Portugal?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Austria and Portugal rank globally for number of child deaths?: Austria ranks 141st and Portugal ranks 139th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .