Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Australia or Italy?

Australia, at 694 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Australia and Italy?

0 deaths, with Australia ahead.

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

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Italy: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Australia

694 deaths

in 2024

Italy

694 deaths

in 2024

Australia rank

103rd

Italy rank

103rd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Australia
Italy

How they compare

Australia currently reports 694 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy, a difference of 0 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Italy ahead.

Australia ranks 103rd and Italy ranks 103rd of 199 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1960s	3,182 deaths	19,164 deaths	15,982 deaths	Italy
1970s	2,598 deaths	13,754 deaths	11,156 deaths	Italy
1980s	1,408 deaths	5,187 deaths	3,779 deaths	Italy
1990s	1,013 deaths	2,698 deaths	1,685 deaths	Italy
2000s	869.2 deaths	1,564 deaths	695.3 deaths	Italy
2010s	749 deaths	1,060 deaths	310.8 deaths	Italy
2020s	703.8 deaths	711.8 deaths	8 deaths	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Australia or Italy?: Australia, at 694 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Australia and Italy?: 0 deaths, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Australia and Italy rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Australia ranks 103rd and Italy ranks 103rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .