Austria vs Spain: Youth mortality rate

Austria
0.4077 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3972 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria rank
178th
Spain rank
181st

Youth mortality rate over time

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How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0105 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Spain ahead.

Austria ranks 178th and Spain ranks 181st of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Spain Difference Ahead
1950s 5.62 deaths per 100 live births 7.12 deaths per 100 live births 1.5 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1960s 3.89 deaths per 100 live births 4.85 deaths per 100 live births 0.959 deaths per 100 live births Spain
1970s 2.73 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 0.056 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1980s 1.53 deaths per 100 live births 1.43 deaths per 100 live births 0.1008 deaths per 100 live births Austria
1990s 0.8855 deaths per 100 live births 0.9174 deaths per 100 live births 0.032 deaths per 100 live births Spain
2000s 0.6091 deaths per 100 live births 0.6064 deaths per 100 live births 0.0027 deaths per 100 live births Austria
2010s 0.4699 deaths per 100 live births 0.4263 deaths per 100 live births 0.0435 deaths per 100 live births Austria
2020s 0.4137 deaths per 100 live births 0.3944 deaths per 100 live births 0.0193 deaths per 100 live births Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Austria or Spain?
Austria, at 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Austria and Spain?
0.0105 deaths per 100 live births, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Austria and Spain rank globally for youth mortality rate?
Austria ranks 178th and Spain ranks 181st 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Youth mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.