Australia vs Portugal: Unintentional injuries death rate by age group
Australia
6.09 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
6.4 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
54th
Portugal rank
53rd
Unintentional injuries death rate by age group over time
- Australia
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people against 6.09 deaths per 100,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 58.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 31.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 26.81 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1960s | 61.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 28.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 32.64 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 45.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 41.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.11 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1980s | 19.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 53.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 34.32 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 12.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 35.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 22.76 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 11.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 13.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.53 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 6.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.75 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2020s | 6.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1771 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher unintentional injuries death rate by age group, Australia or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people against 6.09 deaths per 100,000 people in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in unintentional injuries death rate by age group between Australia and Portugal?
- 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Portugal rank globally for unintentional injuries death rate by age group?
- Australia ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Unintentional injuries death rate by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reported deaths from unintentional injuries per 100,000 people in both sexes aged less than 1 year.