Iceland vs Italy: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Iceland
3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Italy
2.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iceland rank
180th
Italy rank
182nd
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Iceland
- Italy
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 3 per 1,000 live births against 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Iceland ranks 180th and Italy ranks 182nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.22 per 1,000 live births | 46.64 per 1,000 live births | 25.42 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1970s | 14.41 per 1,000 live births | 27.34 per 1,000 live births | 12.93 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1980s | 8.59 per 1,000 live births | 13.91 per 1,000 live births | 5.32 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 1990s | 5.67 per 1,000 live births | 8.42 per 1,000 live births | 2.75 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.45 per 1,000 live births | 5.03 per 1,000 live births | 1.58 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2010s | 2.84 per 1,000 live births | 3.83 per 1,000 live births | 0.99 per 1,000 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | 3.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Iceland or Italy?
- Iceland, at 3 per 1,000 live births against 2.9 per 1,000 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Iceland and Italy?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Iceland 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, under-5, male?
- Iceland ranks 180th and Italy ranks 182nd 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, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.