Italy vs Korea: Child mortality by income level of country
Italy
0.2702 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Korea
0.2796 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
184th
Korea rank
183rd
Child mortality by income level of country over time
- Italy
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0094 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Italy ranks 184th and Korea ranks 183rd of 199 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.69 deaths per 100 live births | 20.86 deaths per 100 live births | 14.16 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1960s | 4.28 deaths per 100 live births | 8.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4.67 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1970s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1990s | 0.7755 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.356 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.4664 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5828 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1164 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.3541 deaths per 100 live births | 0.359 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0049 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.2827 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2915 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0089 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by income level of country, Italy or Korea?
- Korea, at 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by income level of country between Italy and Korea?
- 0.0094 deaths per 100 live births, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Korea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Korea rank globally for child mortality by income level of country?
- Italy ranks 184th and Korea ranks 183rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by income level of country. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .