Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Portugal

Infant mortality rate in Portugal in 2024 — 2.7 per 1,000. Ranked 21 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 96.8%.

2024 2.7 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 21of 196
Period maximum 84.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.7 per 1,0002021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Portugal, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.4 per 1,0001962: 78.5 per 1,0001964: 70.3 per 1,0001966: 63.7 per 1,0001968: 60 per 1,0001970: 55.4 per 1,0001972: 47.4 per 1,0001974: 39.5 per 1,0001976: 32.6 per 1,0001978: 26.8 per 1,0001980: 22.8 per 1,0001982: 19.9 per 1,0001984: 17.5 per 1,0001986: 15.5 per 1,0001988: 13.5 per 1,0001990: 11.5 per 1,0001992: 9.7 per 1,0001994: 8.1 per 1,0001996: 7 per 1,0001998: 6.3 per 1,0002000: 5.5 per 1,0002002: 4.7 per 1,0002004: 3.9 per 1,0002006: 3.4 per 1,0002008: 3.2 per 1,0002010: 3 per 1,0002012: 3 per 1,0002014: 2.9 per 1,0002016: 2.9 per 1,0002018: 2.9 per 1,0002020: 2.8 per 1,0002022: 2.7 per 1,0002024: 2.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −81.7 (−96.8%) Average annual rate: -5.24 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Portugal

Portugal 2.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 2.9 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.7 +0 +0%
2023 2.7 +0 +0%
2022 2.7 +0 +0%
2021 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2020 2.8 +0 +0%
2019 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2018 2.9 +0 +0%
2017 2.9 +0 +0%
2016 2.9 +0 +0%
2015 2.9 +0 +0%
2014 2.9 +0 +0%
2013 2.9 −0.1 −3.33%
2012 3 +0 +0%
2011 3 +0 +0%
2010 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2009 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2008 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2007 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2006 3.4 −0.3 −8.11%
2005 3.7 −0.2 −5.13%
2004 3.9 −0.4 −9.3%
2003 4.3 −0.4 −8.51%
2002 4.7 −0.4 −7.84%
2001 5.1 −0.4 −7.27%
2000 5.5 −0.4 −6.78%
1999 5.9 −0.4 −6.35%
1998 6.3 −0.3 −4.55%
1997 6.6 −0.4 −5.71%
1996 7 −0.5 −6.67%
1995 7.5 −0.6 −7.41%
1994 8.1 −0.7 −7.95%
1993 8.8 −0.9 −9.28%
1992 9.7 −0.9 −8.49%
1991 10.6 −0.9 −7.83%
1990 11.5 −1 −8%
1989 12.5 −1 −7.41%
1988 13.5 −1 −6.9%
1987 14.5 −1 −6.45%
1986 15.5 −1 −6.06%
1985 16.5 −1 −5.71%
1984 17.5 −1.1 −5.91%
1983 18.6 −1.3 −6.53%
1982 19.9 −1.3 −6.13%
1981 21.2 −1.6 −7.02%
1980 22.8 −1.8 −7.32%
1979 24.6 −2.2 −8.21%
1978 26.8 −2.7 −9.15%
1977 29.5 −3.1 −9.51%
1976 32.6 −3.4 −9.44%
1975 36 −3.5 −8.86%
1974 39.5 −3.7 −8.56%
1973 43.2 −4.2 −8.86%
1972 47.4 −4.3 −8.32%
1971 51.7 −3.7 −6.68%
1970 55.4 −2.6 −4.48%
1969 58 −2 −3.33%
1968 60 −1.7 −2.76%
1967 61.7 −2 −3.14%
1966 63.7 −2.8 −4.21%
1965 66.5 −3.8 −5.41%
1964 70.3 −4.2 −5.64%
1963 74.5 −4 −5.1%
1962 78.5 −3.5 −4.27%
1961 82 −2.4 −2.84%
1960 84.4

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.