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European Union, 2024 3.9 per 1,000 live births aggregate · −3.3 per 1,000 live births since 2000 Portugal, 2024 3.2 per 1,000 live births −4.0 per 1,000 live births since 2000 Spain, 2024 3.2 per 1,000 live births −2.2 per 1,000 live births since 2000

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period	Portugal	Spain	European Union
2024	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2023	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2022	3.3 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2021	3.3 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2020	3.4 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2019	3.5 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018	3.5 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	4.0 per 1,000 live births
2017	3.6 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	4.1 per 1,000 live births
2016	3.6 per 1,000 live births	3.3 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births
2015	3.6 per 1,000 live births	3.3 per 1,000 live births	4.3 per 1,000 live births
2014	3.6 per 1,000 live births	3.4 per 1,000 live births	4.3 per 1,000 live births
2013	3.6 per 1,000 live births	3.5 per 1,000 live births	4.4 per 1,000 live births
2012	3.7 per 1,000 live births	3.6 per 1,000 live births	4.5 per 1,000 live births
2011	3.7 per 1,000 live births	3.7 per 1,000 live births	4.7 per 1,000 live births
2010	3.8 per 1,000 live births	3.8 per 1,000 live births	4.9 per 1,000 live births
2009	3.9 per 1,000 live births	4.0 per 1,000 live births	5.1 per 1,000 live births
2008	4.0 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births	5.2 per 1,000 live births
2007	4.2 per 1,000 live births	4.4 per 1,000 live births	5.4 per 1,000 live births
2006	4.4 per 1,000 live births	4.5 per 1,000 live births	5.7 per 1,000 live births
2005	4.7 per 1,000 live births	4.7 per 1,000 live births	5.9 per 1,000 live births
2004	5.0 per 1,000 live births	4.9 per 1,000 live births	6.2 per 1,000 live births
2003	5.5 per 1,000 live births	5.0 per 1,000 live births	6.4 per 1,000 live births
2002	6.0 per 1,000 live births	5.1 per 1,000 live births	6.6 per 1,000 live births
2001	6.6 per 1,000 live births	5.3 per 1,000 live births	6.8 per 1,000 live births
2000	7.2 per 1,000 live births	5.4 per 1,000 live births	7.2 per 1,000 live births

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Original producer: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1960 to 2024
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)

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