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

Australia, at 941 deaths against 882 deaths in Italy as of 2024.

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

59 deaths, with Australia ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1951 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Italy: Number of infant deaths

Australia

941 deaths

in 2024

Italy

882 deaths

in 2024

Australia rank

108th

Italy rank

109th

Number of infant deaths over time

Australia
Italy

How they compare

Australia currently reports 941 deaths against 882 deaths in Italy, a difference of 59 deaths.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Italy ahead.

Australia ranks 108th and Italy ranks 109th 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	4,631 deaths	46,040 deaths	41,408 deaths	Italy
1960s	4,343 deaths	34,769 deaths	30,425 deaths	Italy
1970s	3,671 deaths	18,374 deaths	14,702 deaths	Italy
1980s	2,251 deaths	6,645 deaths	4,394 deaths	Italy
1990s	1,566 deaths	3,636 deaths	2,070 deaths	Italy
2000s	1,249 deaths	2,174 deaths	925.7 deaths	Italy
2010s	1,052 deaths	1,508 deaths	455.9 deaths	Italy
2020s	955.6 deaths	961.2 deaths	5.6 deaths	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Australia or Italy?: Australia, at 941 deaths against 882 deaths in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Australia and Italy?: 59 deaths, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Australia and Italy rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Australia ranks 108th and Italy ranks 109th 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant 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, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .