Norway vs Spain: Number of child deaths per woman
Norway
0.0046 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Spain
0.0047 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Norway rank
184th
Spain rank
182nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Norway
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.0047 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman in Norway, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 149 shared years of data; in 1858 it was Spain ahead.
Norway ranks 184th and Spain ranks 182nd of 200 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7775 under-five deaths per woman | 1.4 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6228 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1860s | 0.8829 under-five deaths per woman | 1.54 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6576 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1870s | 0.7215 under-five deaths per woman | 1.53 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8098 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1880s | 0.7597 under-five deaths per woman | 1.48 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7246 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1900s | 0.4632 under-five deaths per woman | 1.31 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8481 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1910s | 0.335 under-five deaths per woman | 1.21 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8754 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.1969 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9483 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7514 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1930s | 0.1052 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6043 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4991 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1940s | 0.1111 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3981 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2871 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1950s | 0.0726 under-five deaths per woman | 0.189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1163 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1960s | 0.0572 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1247 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0675 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.0283 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0639 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0356 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.0172 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0206 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0034 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.0119 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0089 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0029 under-five deaths per woman | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.0077 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0063 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0014 under-five deaths per woman | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.0049 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0044 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Norway or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.0047 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Norway and Spain?
- 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Spain?
- 149 years are reported by both, from 1858 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Spain rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Norway ranks 184th and Spain ranks 182nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).