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

Australia, at 1,097 deaths against 1,047 deaths in Italy as of 2024.

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

50 deaths, with Australia ahead.

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

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Italy: Number of child deaths

Australia

1,097 deaths

in 2024

Italy

1,047 deaths

in 2024

Australia rank

108th

Italy rank

111th

Number of child deaths over time

Australia
Italy

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1,097 deaths against 1,047 deaths in Italy, a difference of 50 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Italy ahead.

Australia ranks 108th and Italy ranks 111th of 199 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5,616 deaths	50,488 deaths	44,871 deaths	Italy
1960s	5,235 deaths	40,040 deaths	34,805 deaths	Italy
1970s	4,413 deaths	20,860 deaths	16,447 deaths	Italy
1980s	2,713 deaths	7,624 deaths	4,912 deaths	Italy
1990s	1,904 deaths	4,249 deaths	2,345 deaths	Italy
2000s	1,494 deaths	2,558 deaths	1,063 deaths	Italy
2010s	1,244 deaths	1,790 deaths	546.7 deaths	Italy
2020s	1,120 deaths	1,143 deaths	22.4 deaths	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Australia or Italy?: Australia, at 1,097 deaths against 1,047 deaths in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Australia and Italy?: 50 deaths, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Australia and Italy rank globally for number of child deaths?: Australia ranks 108th and Italy ranks 111th 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of 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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .