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

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

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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 Portugal: Mortality rate, neonatal

Italy

1.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Portugal

1.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Italy rank

176th

Portugal rank

177th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Italy
Portugal

How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.

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

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	22.48 per 1,000 live births	26.39 per 1,000 live births	3.91 per 1,000 live births	Portugal
1970s	16.6 per 1,000 live births	20.35 per 1,000 live births	3.75 per 1,000 live births	Portugal
1980s	8.74 per 1,000 live births	11.73 per 1,000 live births	2.99 per 1,000 live births	Portugal
1990s	4.95 per 1,000 live births	5.07 per 1,000 live births	0.12 per 1,000 live births	Portugal
2000s	2.83 per 1,000 live births	2.58 per 1,000 live births	0.25 per 1,000 live births	Italy
2010s	2.14 per 1,000 live births	2.05 per 1,000 live births	0.09 per 1,000 live births	Italy
2020s	1.8 per 1,000 live births	1.74 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Italy or Portugal?: Italy, at 1.8 per 1,000 live births against 1.7 per 1,000 live births in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Italy and Portugal?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Italy ranks 176th and Portugal ranks 177th 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.