Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Italy

Infant mortality rate in Italy in 2024 — 2.3 per 1,000. Ranked 16 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 94.8%.

2024 2.3 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 16of 196
Period maximum 44.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.3 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Italy, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.2 per 1,0001962: 40.9 per 1,0001964: 37.4 per 1,0001966: 34.4 per 1,0001968: 32 per 1,0001970: 29.7 per 1,0001972: 26.4 per 1,0001974: 22.4 per 1,0001976: 18.8 per 1,0001978: 16.1 per 1,0001980: 14.2 per 1,0001982: 12.6 per 1,0001984: 11.2 per 1,0001986: 9.9 per 1,0001988: 9 per 1,0001990: 8.4 per 1,0001992: 7.7 per 1,0001994: 6.8 per 1,0001996: 6 per 1,0001998: 5.3 per 1,0002000: 4.7 per 1,0002002: 4.3 per 1,0002004: 3.9 per 1,0002006: 3.7 per 1,0002008: 3.5 per 1,0002010: 3.4 per 1,0002012: 3.2 per 1,0002014: 3.1 per 1,0002016: 2.9 per 1,0002018: 2.7 per 1,0002020: 2.5 per 1,0002022: 2.4 per 1,0002024: 2.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −41.9 (−94.8%) Average annual rate: -4.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 2.3 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 — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.3 +0 +0%
2023 2.3 −0.1 −4.17%
2022 2.4 −0.1 −4%
2021 2.5 +0 +0%
2020 2.5 −0.1 −3.85%
2019 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2018 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2017 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2016 2.9 −0.1 −3.33%
2015 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2014 3.1 +0 +0%
2013 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2012 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2011 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2010 3.4 +0 +0%
2009 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2008 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2007 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2006 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2005 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2004 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
2003 4.1 −0.2 −4.65%
2002 4.3 −0.2 −4.44%
2001 4.5 −0.2 −4.26%
2000 4.7 −0.3 −6%
1999 5 −0.3 −5.66%
1998 5.3 −0.3 −5.36%
1997 5.6 −0.4 −6.67%
1996 6 −0.4 −6.25%
1995 6.4 −0.4 −5.88%
1994 6.8 −0.5 −6.85%
1993 7.3 −0.4 −5.19%
1992 7.7 −0.4 −4.94%
1991 8.1 −0.3 −3.57%
1990 8.4 −0.3 −3.45%
1989 8.7 −0.3 −3.33%
1988 9 −0.5 −5.26%
1987 9.5 −0.4 −4.04%
1986 9.9 −0.6 −5.71%
1985 10.5 −0.7 −6.25%
1984 11.2 −0.7 −5.88%
1983 11.9 −0.7 −5.56%
1982 12.6 −0.8 −5.97%
1981 13.4 −0.8 −5.63%
1980 14.2 −0.9 −5.96%
1979 15.1 −1 −6.21%
1978 16.1 −1.2 −6.94%
1977 17.3 −1.5 −7.98%
1976 18.8 −1.7 −8.29%
1975 20.5 −1.9 −8.48%
1974 22.4 −2.1 −8.57%
1973 24.5 −1.9 −7.2%
1972 26.4 −1.8 −6.38%
1971 28.2 −1.5 −5.05%
1970 29.7 −1.2 −3.88%
1969 30.9 −1.1 −3.44%
1968 32 −1.1 −3.32%
1967 33.1 −1.3 −3.78%
1966 34.4 −1.4 −3.91%
1965 35.8 −1.6 −4.28%
1964 37.4 −1.7 −4.35%
1963 39.1 −1.8 −4.4%
1962 40.9 −1.7 −3.99%
1961 42.6 −1.6 −3.62%
1960 44.2

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.