Which has higher child mortality, Iceland or Italy?

Iceland, at 0.28 against 0.27 in Italy as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Italy?

153 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland

0.28

in 2024

Italy

0.27

in 2024

Iceland rank

182nd

Italy rank

185th

Iceland currently reports 0.28 against 0.27 in Italy, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 153 shared years of data; in 1872 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 182nd and Italy ranks 185th of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 15.

Decade	Iceland	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1870s	30.92	39.41	8.48	Italy
1880s	28.73	36.48	7.75	Italy
1890s	18.23	31.03	12.79	Italy
1900s	16.36	27.45	11.09	Italy
1910s	10.58	24.96	14.37	Italy
1920s	8.72	20.07	11.35	Italy
1930s	6.21	15.47	9.26	Italy
1940s	4.4	13.24	8.83	Italy
1950s	2.54	6.69	4.15	Italy
1960s	1.92	4.27	2.35	Italy
1970s	1.31	2.47	1.15	Italy
1980s	0.794	1.26	0.47	Italy
1990s	0.528	0.776	0.248	Italy
2000s	0.319	0.466	0.147	Italy
2010s	0.265	0.355	0.09	Italy
2020s	0.286	0.284	0.002	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Iceland or Italy?: Iceland, at 0.28 against 0.27 in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Iceland and Italy?: 0.01, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Italy?: 153 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Italy rank globally for child mortality?: Iceland ranks 182nd and Italy ranks 185th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.