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

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

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

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Italy vs Lithuania: Mortality rate, neonatal

Italy

1.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lithuania

1.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Italy rank

175th

Lithuania rank

174th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Italy
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 1.9 per 1,000 live births against 1.8 per 1,000 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 175th and Lithuania ranks 174th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	8.46 per 1,000 live births	6.9 per 1,000 live births	1.56 per 1,000 live births	Italy
1990s	4.95 per 1,000 live births	7.75 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2000s	2.83 per 1,000 live births	4.03 per 1,000 live births	1.2 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2010s	2.14 per 1,000 live births	2.45 per 1,000 live births	0.31 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2020s	1.8 per 1,000 live births	2 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Italy or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 1.9 per 1,000 live births against 1.8 per 1,000 live births in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Italy and Lithuania?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lithuania?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Italy and Lithuania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Italy ranks 175th and Lithuania ranks 174th of 196 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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.