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

0.0025 Deaths per 1000 live births, with Italy ahead.

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

64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Portugal: Neonatal mortality rate

Italy

0.1622 Deaths per 1000 live births

in 2023

Portugal

0.1597 Deaths per 1000 live births

in 2023

Italy rank

181st

Portugal rank

182nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Italy
Portugal

How they compare

Italy currently reports 0.1622 Deaths per 1000 live births against 0.1597 Deaths per 1000 live births in Portugal, a difference of 0.0025 Deaths per 1000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.

Italy ranks 181st and Portugal ranks 182nd of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.26 Deaths per 1000 live births	2.64 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.3805 Deaths per 1000 live births	Portugal
1970s	1.66 Deaths per 1000 live births	2.04 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.3774 Deaths per 1000 live births	Portugal
1980s	0.8729 Deaths per 1000 live births	1.17 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.2979 Deaths per 1000 live births	Portugal
1990s	0.4938 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.5077 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.0139 Deaths per 1000 live births	Portugal
2000s	0.2836 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.2582 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.0254 Deaths per 1000 live births	Italy
2010s	0.2143 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.2054 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.0089 Deaths per 1000 live births	Italy
2020s	0.1682 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.1697 Deaths per 1000 live births	0.0014 Deaths per 1000 live births	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Italy or Portugal?: Italy, at 0.1622 Deaths per 1000 live births against 0.1597 Deaths per 1000 live births in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Italy and Portugal?: 0.0025 Deaths per 1000 live births, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Italy ranks 181st and Portugal ranks 182nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: Deaths per 1000 live births
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,174 data points, 1951–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

The share of newborns who die before reaching 28 days of age.