Iceland vs Italy: Mortality rate, infant, male
Iceland
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Italy
2.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iceland rank
184th
Italy rank
181st
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Iceland
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Iceland, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 184th and Italy ranks 181st of 197 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.28 per 1,000 live births | 40.65 per 1,000 live births | 23.37 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1970s | 11.77 per 1,000 live births | 24.34 per 1,000 live births | 12.57 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1980s | 6.98 per 1,000 live births | 12.26 per 1,000 live births | 5.28 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1990s | 4.57 per 1,000 live births | 7.28 per 1,000 live births | 2.71 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2000s | 2.69 per 1,000 live births | 4.26 per 1,000 live births | 1.57 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2010s | 2.16 per 1,000 live births | 3.24 per 1,000 live births | 1.08 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2.58 per 1,000 live births | 0.28 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Iceland or Italy?
- Italy, at 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Iceland and Italy?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Italy?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Italy rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Iceland ranks 184th and Italy ranks 181st 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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.