Korea vs Portugal: Youth mortality rate
Korea
0.3671 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Portugal
0.4065 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Korea rank
182nd
Portugal rank
179th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Korea
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.4065 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births in Korea, a difference of 0.0394 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 182nd and Portugal ranks 179th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.35 deaths per 100 live births | 9.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1970s | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1980s | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8884 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1990s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0906 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.7522 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6918 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0604 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.4541 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4601 deaths per 100 live births | 0.006 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.3761 deaths per 100 live births | 0.413 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0369 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Korea or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.4065 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births in Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Korea and Portugal?
- 0.0394 deaths per 100 live births, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Portugal?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Portugal rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Korea ranks 182nd and Portugal ranks 179th 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.