Portugal vs Spain: Probability of dying that year, among males
Portugal
0.3%
in 2023
Spain
0.3%
in 2023
Portugal rank
219th
Spain rank
220th
Probability of dying that year, among males over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 219th and Spain ranks 220th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 8 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12.9% | 10.9% | 2.0% | Portugal |
| 1950s | 9.7% | 6.3% | 3.3% | Portugal |
| 1960s | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3.3% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 4.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying that year, among males, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying that year, among males between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for probability of dying that year, among males?
- Portugal ranks 219th and Spain ranks 220th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying that year, among males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.