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

Nicaragua, at 703 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy as of 2024.

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

9 deaths, with Nicaragua ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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.

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

Italy

694 deaths

in 2024

Nicaragua

703 deaths

in 2024

Italy rank

103rd

Nicaragua rank

102nd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Italy
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 703 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy, a difference of 9 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 103rd and Nicaragua ranks 102nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1970s	10,505 deaths	4,976 deaths	5,529 deaths	Italy
1980s	5,187 deaths	4,078 deaths	1,110 deaths	Italy
1990s	2,698 deaths	2,978 deaths	279.6 deaths	Nicaragua
2000s	1,564 deaths	2,014 deaths	449.7 deaths	Nicaragua
2010s	1,060 deaths	1,492 deaths	431.9 deaths	Nicaragua
2020s	711.8 deaths	994.4 deaths	282.6 deaths	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Italy or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 703 deaths against 694 deaths in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Italy and Nicaragua?: 9 deaths, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Nicaragua?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Italy and Nicaragua rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Italy ranks 103rd and Nicaragua ranks 102nd 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 .