Portugal

Child mortality in Portugal

Child mortality in Portugal: 21.3 per 100 live births in 1910 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.3 per 100 live births
Since 1910
−21 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in PortugalChild mortality in Portugal: 21.3 per 100 live births in 1910 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 34 per 100 live births in 1918, the lowest 0.3 per 100 live births in 2023.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 34 per 100 live births in 1918, the lowest 0.3 per 100 live births in 2023.

Every year

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

YearPortugalWorld
20240.33.7
20230.33.8
20220.34
20210.34
20200.33.9
20190.44
20180.44
20170.44.1
20160.44.2
20150.44.3
20140.44.4
20130.44.5
20120.44.7
20110.45
20100.45.1
20090.45.3
20080.45.5
20070.45.7
20060.46
20050.56.2
20040.56.6
20030.66.8
20020.67.1
20010.77.4
20000.77.7
19990.87.9
19980.88.3
19970.98.4
19960.98.6
199518.8
19941.18.9
19931.19.1
19921.39.2
19911.49.3
19901.59.4
19891.69.5
19881.710
19871.89.9
19861.910.3
1985210.6
19842.210.9
19832.311.1
19822.411.2
19812.611.6
19802.811.9
1979311.9
19783.212.3
19773.612.6
19763.912.8
19754.413.1
19744.813.3
19735.313.5
19725.813.7
19716.313.9
19706.814.2
19697.214.6
19687.515
19677.815.3
19668.115.1
19658.515.1
19649.115.7
19639.816.2
196210.417
19611118.8
196011.420.2
195911.719.9
19581219.7
195712.220.5
195612.421.3
195512.722.3
195413.122.8
195313.523.3
19521423.9
195114.524.3
19501524.7
194915.624.9
194815.824.9
194715.825.5
194617.925.8
19451826.7
194419.427.4
194321.327.7
194221.927.9
194124.627.8
194020.327.9
193918.728
193821.928.7
193724.428.8
193622.429.1
193524.129.5
193423.230.7
193324.130.5
193223.730.7
193122.631.4
193023.231.6
192924.432
1928–31.9
192722.831.9
192623.232.7
192520.932.4
192423.233.1
192326.733.1
192223.233.2
192123.934.2
192026.734.4
191929.635.7
19183437.6
191723.935.3
19162535.1
191523.935.3
191423.935.4
19132635.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
191021.336.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
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
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
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

Good to know

  • 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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