Portugal vs Sweden: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Portugal and 0.2 per 100 live births in Sweden, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Portugal, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.33 times that in Sweden.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Portugal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1910.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Portugal	Sweden	World
2024	0.3	0.2	3.7
2023	0.3	0.2	3.8
2022	0.3	0.3	4
2021	0.3	0.3	4
2020	0.3	0.3	3.9
2019	0.4	0.3	4
2018	0.4	0.3	4
2017	0.4	0.3	4.1
2016	0.4	0.3	4.2
2015	0.4	0.3	4.3
2014	0.4	0.3	4.4
2013	0.4	0.3	4.5
2012	0.4	0.3	4.7
2011	0.4	0.3	5
2010	0.4	0.3	5.1
2009	0.4	0.3	5.3
2008	0.4	0.3	5.5
2007	0.4	0.3	5.7
2006	0.4	0.4	6
2005	0.5	0.4	6.2
2004	0.5	0.4	6.6
2003	0.6	0.4	6.8
2002	0.6	0.4	7.1
2001	0.7	0.4	7.4
2000	0.7	0.4	7.7
1999	0.8	0.4	7.9
1998	0.8	0.4	8.3
1997	0.9	0.4	8.4
1996	0.9	0.5	8.6
1995	1	0.5	8.8
1994	1.1	0.5	8.9
1993	1.1	0.6	9.1
1992	1.3	0.6	9.2
1991	1.4	0.7	9.3
1990	1.5	0.7	9.4
1989	1.6	0.7	9.5
1988	1.7	0.7	10
1987	1.8	0.7	9.9
1986	1.9	0.8	10.3
1985	2	0.8	10.6
1984	2.2	0.8	10.9
1983	2.3	0.8	11.1
1982	2.4	0.8	11.2
1981	2.6	0.8	11.6
1980	2.8	0.8	11.9
1979	3	0.9	11.9
1978	3.2	0.9	12.3
1977	3.6	0.9	12.6
1976	3.9	1	12.8
1975	4.4	1	13.1
1974	4.8	1.1	13.3
1973	5.3	1.2	13.5
1972	5.8	1.2	13.7
1971	6.3	1.3	13.9
1970	6.8	1.3	14.2
1969	7.2	1.4	14.6
1968	7.5	1.4	15
1967	7.8	1.5	15.3
1966	8.1	1.6	15.1
1965	8.5	1.6	15.1
1964	9.1	1.7	15.7
1963	9.8	1.8	16.2
1962	10.4	1.9	17
1961	11	1.9	18.8
1960	11.4	2	20.2
1959	11.7	2	19.9
1958	12	2	19.7
1957	12.2	2.1	20.5
1956	12.4	2.1	21.3
1955	12.7	2.2	22.3
1954	13.1	2.2	22.8
1953	13.5	2.3	23.3
1952	14	2.4	23.9
1951	14.5	2.6	24.3
1950	15	2.7	24.7
1949	15.6	2.8	24.9
1948	15.8	2.8	24.9
1947	15.8	3.1	25.5
1946	17.9	3.2	25.8
1945	18	3.8	26.7
1944	19.4	4.1	27.4
1943	21.3	3.8	27.7
1942	21.9	3.8	27.9
1941	24.6	4.7	27.8
1940	20.3	4.7	27.9
1939	18.7	5	28
1938	21.9	5.4	28.7
1937	24.4	5.9	28.8
1936	22.4	5.7	29.1
1935	24.1	5.8	29.5
1934	23.2	6	30.7
1933	24.1	6.1	30.5
1932	23.7	6.4	30.7
1931	22.6	7.1	31.4
1930	23.2	7	31.6
1929	24.4	7.3	32
1928	–	7.9	31.9
1927	22.8	7.9	31.9
1926	23.2	7.3	32.7
1925	20.9	7.3	32.4
1924	23.2	8.1	33.1
1923	26.7	7.4	33.1
1922	23.2	8	33.2
1921	23.9	8.5	34.2
1920	26.7	9.8	34.4
1919	29.6	10.5	35.7
1918	34	10.6	37.6
1917	23.9	9.3	35.3
1916	25	10.2	35.1
1915	23.9	10.5	35.3
1914	23.9	10.1	35.4
1913	26	9.8	35.1
1912	–	10.4	35.5
1911	–	10.4	36
1910	21.3	10.8	36.4
1909	–	10.3	36.6
1908	–	12.2	37.2
1907	–	11.2	37.4
1906	–	11.8	38.1
1905	–	13.2	38.8
1904	–	12.7	38.9
1903	–	13.9	39.5
1902	–	13.6	40.1
1901	–	15.7	40.8
1900	–	15.5	40.9
1899	–	17.2	40.8
1898	–	14.1	41.2
1897	–	14.9	41
1896	–	15.6	41.1
1895	–	14.7	41.3
1894	–	16.2	41.2
1893	–	16.7	41.2
1892	–	17.1	41.7
1891	–	17.9	41.3
1890	–	17.8	41.5
1889	–	16.3	41.2
1888	–	16.1	41
1887	–	17.3	41.1
1886	–	18.3	41.1
1885	–	19.5	41.2
1884	–	19.2	41.1
1883	–	19.7	41.4
1882	–	20.7	41.5
1881	–	19.5	41.1
1880	–	20.4	41.6
1879	–	19.7	41.1
1878	–	22.7	41.6
1877	–	22.8	41.2
1876	–	23.7	41.4
1875	–	23.3	41.5
1874	–	23	41.7
1873	–	19.7	41.8
1872	–	18.7	42.1
1871	–	18.4	42.2
1870	–	22.1	41.9
1869	–	27.1	42.1
1868	–	24.9	42.4
1867	–	21.1	42
1866	–	22.2	42.1
1865	–	23.3	42.3
1864	–	23.5	42.2
1863	–	23.7	42.5
1862	–	26.6	42.6
1861	–	21.7	42.9
1860	–	19.7	42.9
1859	–	23.2	43.7
1858	–	24.8	43.8
1857	–	31	44.2
1856	–	24.6	44.2
1855	–	22.6	44
1854	–	22	43.7
1853	–	25.7	43.2
1852	–	25	42.9
1851	–	23.2	42.4
1850	–	21.8	42
1849	–	22.7	42.3
1848	–	21.2	42.3
1847	–	27	42.2
1846	–	25	42.4
1845	–	21.5	42
1844	–	22.6	42.1
1843	–	23.3	42.1
1842	–	24.2	42.2
1841	–	22.1	42.1
1840	–	22.1	42.1
1839	–	25.2	42.1
1838	–	25.4	42.2
1837	–	28	42.2
1836	–	22.5	42.2
1835	–	20	42.2
1834	–	25.3	42.3
1833	–	24.4	42.2
1832	–	25.6	42.2
1831	–	27.6	42.2
1830	–	25.5	42.2
1829	–	30.3	42.1
1828	–	28.2	42.1
1827	–	22.6	42.1
1826	–	24.2	42.1
1825	–	22.8	42.1
1824	–	22.5	42.1
1823	–	21.8	42.1
1822	–	24.5	42.1
1821	–	30.5	42.1
1820	–	26.1	42.1
1819	–	29.4	42.2
1818	–	27	42.2
1817	–	27.6	42.2
1816	–	27.4	42.2
1815	–	27.5	42.2
1814	–	29.9	42.3
1813	–	30.4	42.3
1812	–	31.2	42.4
1811	–	32.5	42.4
1810	–	34.6	42.5
1809	–	36.6	42.5
1808	–	35	42.5
1807	–	27.8	42.5
1806	–	33.3	42.6
1805	–	26.6	42.6
1804	–	27.2	42.6
1803	–	27.5	42.6
1802	–	28.3	42.7
1801	–	32.9	42.7
1800	–	38.1	42.8
1799	–	28.9	–
1798	–	27.2	–
1797	–	29.4	–
1796	–	31.5	–
1795	–	31.5	–
1794	–	28.1	–
1793	–	30	–
1792	–	29.7	–
1791	–	28.6	–
1790	–	32.6	–
1789	–	34.4	–
1788	–	32.6	–
1787	–	27	–
1786	–	29.5	–
1785	–	34.5	–
1784	–	38.2	–
1783	–	34.5	–
1782	–	30.1	–
1781	–	30	–
1780	–	26.1	–
1779	–	39.4	–
1778	–	35.3	–
1777	–	30.2	–
1776	–	25.6	–
1775	–	30.6	–
1774	–	28	–
1773	–	49	–
1772	–	36.7	–
1771	–	32.3	–
1770	–	32.5	–
1769	–	35.9	–
1768	–	35.8	–
1767	–	29.9	–
1766	–	31.2	–
1765	–	31.6	–
1764	–	31.6	–
1763	–	39.5	–
1762	–	37.7	–
1761	–	31.6	–
1760	–	27.3	–
1759	–	28.5	–
1758	–	33.5	–
1757	–	35.6	–
1756	–	33.8	–
1755	–	34.5	–
1754	–	32.7	–
1753	–	30.3	–
1752	–	36	–
1751	–	30	–

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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