Italy vs Singapore: Child mortality rate by sex
Italy
0.2476 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Singapore
0.2512 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
185th
Singapore rank
184th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Italy
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.2512 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2476 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0036 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Singapore ahead.
Italy ranks 185th and Singapore ranks 184th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 7 and Singapore in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.45 deaths per 100 live births | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5271 deaths per 100 live births | Singapore |
| 1960s | 3.87 deaths per 100 live births | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5987 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 1970s | 2.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4511 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0933 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.7066 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5078 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1988 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.4299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2908 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1391 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.3242 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2488 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0754 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.2591 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2363 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0228 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Italy or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 0.2512 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2476 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Italy and Singapore?
- 0.0036 deaths per 100 live births, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Singapore?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Singapore rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Italy ranks 185th and Singapore ranks 184th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .