Italy vs Korea: Youth mortality rate
Italy
0.3506 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Korea
0.3671 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
185th
Korea rank
182nd
Youth mortality rate over time
- Italy
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0165 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 185th and Korea ranks 182nd of 199 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.42 deaths per 100 live births | 10.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1970s | 2.81 deaths per 100 live births | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 3.73 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1990s | 0.9514 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5273 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.5795 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7522 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1727 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.4363 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4541 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0178 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.3563 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3761 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0198 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Italy or Korea?
- Korea, at 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Italy and Korea?
- 0.0165 deaths per 100 live births, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Korea?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Korea rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Italy ranks 185th and Korea ranks 182nd 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.