Italy vs South Korea: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Italy
2.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Korea
2.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
180th
South Korea rank
180th
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Italy
- South Korea
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.1 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in South Korea, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
Italy ranks 180th and South Korea ranks 180th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and South Korea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.25 per 1,000 live births | 57.68 per 1,000 live births | 24.43 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1970s | 19.34 per 1,000 live births | 33.33 per 1,000 live births | 13.99 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1980s | 9.88 per 1,000 live births | 18.27 per 1,000 live births | 8.39 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 1990s | 6.02 per 1,000 live births | 7.99 per 1,000 live births | 1.97 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 2000s | 3.64 per 1,000 live births | 4.23 per 1,000 live births | 0.59 per 1,000 live births | South Korea |
| 2010s | 2.76 per 1,000 live births | 2.65 per 1,000 live births | 0.11 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Italy or South Korea?
- Italy, at 2.1 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in South Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Italy and South Korea?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Italy and South Korea rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Italy ranks 180th and South Korea ranks 180th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.