What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Israel and Italy?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Italy ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Italy: Mortality rate, neonatal

Israel

1.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Italy

1.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Israel rank

177th

Italy rank

176th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Israel
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 1.8 per 1,000 live births against 1.7 per 1,000 live births in Israel, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Italy ahead.

Israel ranks 177th and Italy ranks 176th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1970s	11.78 per 1,000 live births	13.98 per 1,000 live births	2.2 per 1,000 live births	Italy
1980s	8.09 per 1,000 live births	8.74 per 1,000 live births	0.65 per 1,000 live births	Italy
1990s	4.76 per 1,000 live births	4.95 per 1,000 live births	0.19 per 1,000 live births	Italy
2000s	2.9 per 1,000 live births	2.83 per 1,000 live births	0.07 per 1,000 live births	Israel
2010s	2.13 per 1,000 live births	2.14 per 1,000 live births	0.01 per 1,000 live births	Italy
2020s	1.76 per 1,000 live births	1.8 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Israel or Italy?: Italy, at 1.8 per 1,000 live births against 1.7 per 1,000 live births in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Israel and Italy?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Italy?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Israel and Italy rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Israel ranks 177th and Italy ranks 176th 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.