Italy vs Spain: Infant mortality rate by sex
Italy
0.2104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.2385 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
183rd
Spain rank
180th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.2385 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2104 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.
Italy ranks 183rd and Spain ranks 180th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2715 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1960s | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 3.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0387 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1874 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.987 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8517 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1354 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.6014 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5244 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0769 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.3636 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3493 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0142 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.2754 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2577 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0177 deaths per 100 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.2203 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2377 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0174 deaths per 100 live births | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.2385 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2104 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Italy and Spain?
- 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Italy ranks 183rd and Spain ranks 180th 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .