Spain vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Spain and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 2.03 times that in Spain.

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

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Spain.
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	Spain	United States	World
2024	0.3	0.7	3.7
2023	0.3	0.7	3.8
2022	0.3	0.7	4
2021	0.3	0.7	4
2020	0.3	0.7	3.9
2019	0.3	0.7	4
2018	0.3	0.7	4
2017	0.3	0.7	4.1
2016	0.3	0.7	4.2
2015	0.3	0.7	4.3
2014	0.3	0.7	4.4
2013	0.4	0.7	4.5
2012	0.4	0.7	4.7
2011	0.4	0.7	5
2010	0.4	0.7	5.1
2009	0.4	0.8	5.3
2008	0.4	0.8	5.5
2007	0.4	0.8	5.7
2006	0.5	0.8	6
2005	0.5	0.8	6.2
2004	0.5	0.8	6.6
2003	0.5	0.8	6.8
2002	0.5	0.8	7.1
2001	0.5	0.8	7.4
2000	0.5	0.8	7.7
1999	0.6	0.9	7.9
1998	0.6	0.9	8.3
1997	0.6	0.9	8.4
1996	0.7	0.9	8.6
1995	0.7	1	8.8
1994	0.7	1	8.9
1993	0.8	1	9.1
1992	0.8	1.1	9.2
1991	0.9	1.1	9.3
1990	0.9	1.1	9.4
1989	1	1.2	9.5
1988	1	1.2	10
1987	1	1.2	9.9
1986	1.1	1.2	10.3
1985	1.1	1.3	10.6
1984	1.2	1.3	10.9
1983	1.2	1.3	11.1
1982	1.3	1.4	11.2
1981	1.4	1.4	11.6
1980	1.5	1.5	11.9
1979	1.6	1.6	11.9
1978	1.7	1.6	12.3
1977	1.9	1.7	12.6
1976	2	1.8	12.8
1975	2.2	1.9	13.1
1974	2.3	2	13.3
1973	2.5	2.1	13.5
1972	2.7	2.2	13.7
1971	2.9	2.2	13.9
1970	3.2	2.3	14.2
1969	3.4	2.4	14.6
1968	3.6	2.5	15
1967	3.8	2.6	15.3
1966	4	2.6	15.1
1965	4.2	2.7	15.1
1964	4.5	2.8	15.7
1963	4.7	2.8	16.2
1962	4.9	2.9	17
1961	5.2	3	18.8
1960	5.5	3	20.2
1959	5.7	3.1	19.9
1958	6	3.1	19.7
1957	6.2	3.2	20.5
1956	6.5	3.2	21.3
1955	6.8	3.3	22.3
1954	7.2	3.4	22.8
1953	7.7	3.5	23.3
1952	8.4	3.6	23.9
1951	9.2	3.7	24.3
1950	10.3	3.8	24.7
1949	11.7	3.9	24.9
1948	9.9	4	24.9
1947	10.8	4.3	25.5
1946	12.2	4.7	25.8
1945	12.7	4.8	26.7
1944	13.6	5	27.4
1943	15.6	5.4	27.7
1942	16.4	5.5	27.9
1941	20.6	6	27.8
1940	20.8	6.2	27.9
1939	19.3	6.3	28
1938	18.3	7	28.7
1937	20	7.4	28.8
1936	16.9	7.6	29.1
1935	17.2	7.5	29.5
1934	17.7	8	30.7
1933	18.3	7.3	30.5
1932	19	–	30.7
1931	20.7	–	31.4
1930	21.6	–	31.6
1929	20.2	–	32
1928	21.5	–	31.9
1927	20.4	–	31.9
1926	21.8	–	32.7
1925	22.7	–	32.4
1924	23.4	–	33.1
1923	25.3	–	33.1
1922	25.8	–	33.2
1921	29	–	34.2
1920	31.4	–	34.4
1919	27.2	–	35.7
1918	34.5	–	37.6
1917	26.8	–	35.3
1916	25.5	–	35.1
1915	27	–	35.3
1914	26.7	–	35.4
1913	27.7	–	35.1
1912	26.1	–	35.5
1911	32.2	–	36
1910	29.9	–	36.4
1909	28.6	–	36.6
1908	28.8	–	37.2
1907	25.7	–	37.4
1906	28.3	–	38.1
1905	26.2	–	38.8
1904	28.1	–	38.9
1903	26.4	–	39.5
1902	29.3	–	40.1
1901	30.1	–	40.8
1900	33.2	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	29.9	–	41
1887	32.4	–	41.1
1886	28.4	–	41.1
1885	31.2	–	41.2
1884	30.2	–	41.1
1883	33.2	–	41.4
1882	31.2	–	41.5
1881	30.7	–	41.1
1880	30.9	–	41.6
1879	31.1	–	41.1
1878	31.9	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	33	–	41.9
1869	31.9	–	42.1
1868	34.5	–	42.4
1867	30.6	–	42
1866	30.1	–	42.1
1865	32.7	–	42.3
1864	32.5	–	42.2
1863	30.9	–	42.5
1862	28.4	–	42.6
1861	27.3	–	42.9
1860	28.3	–	42.9
1859	31.1	–	43.7
1858	28.4	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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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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