Portugal vs Spain: Youth mortality rate
Portugal
0.4065 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.3972 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Portugal rank
179th
Spain rank
181st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.4065 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0093 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 71 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 179th and Spain ranks 181st of 199 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 | 13.29 deaths per 100 live births | 7.12 deaths per 100 live births | 6.17 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1960s | 9.84 deaths per 100 live births | 4.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.99 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1970s | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2.64 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1980s | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9174 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4706 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.6918 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6064 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0855 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.4601 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4263 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0338 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.413 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3944 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0186 deaths per 100 live births | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.4065 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 Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0093 deaths per 100 live births, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Portugal ranks 179th 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.