Italy vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Italy and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 2.41 times that in Italy.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Italy.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Italy	United States	World
2024	0.3	0.7	3.7
2023	0.3	0.7	3.8
2022	0.3	0.7	4
2021	0.3	0.7	4
2020	0.3	0.7	3.9
2019	0.3	0.7	4
2018	0.3	0.7	4
2017	0.3	0.7	4.1
2016	0.3	0.7	4.2
2015	0.4	0.7	4.3
2014	0.4	0.7	4.4
2013	0.4	0.7	4.5
2012	0.4	0.7	4.7
2011	0.4	0.7	5
2010	0.4	0.7	5.1
2009	0.4	0.8	5.3
2008	0.4	0.8	5.5
2007	0.4	0.8	5.7
2006	0.4	0.8	6
2005	0.5	0.8	6.2
2004	0.5	0.8	6.6
2003	0.5	0.8	6.8
2002	0.5	0.8	7.1
2001	0.5	0.8	7.4
2000	0.6	0.8	7.7
1999	0.6	0.9	7.9
1998	0.6	0.9	8.3
1997	0.7	0.9	8.4
1996	0.7	0.9	8.6
1995	0.8	1	8.8
1994	0.8	1	8.9
1993	0.9	1	9.1
1992	0.9	1.1	9.2
1991	0.9	1.1	9.3
1990	1	1.1	9.4
1989	1	1.2	9.5
1988	1	1.2	10
1987	1.1	1.2	9.9
1986	1.1	1.2	10.3
1985	1.2	1.3	10.6
1984	1.3	1.3	10.9
1983	1.4	1.3	11.1
1982	1.4	1.4	11.2
1981	1.5	1.4	11.6
1980	1.6	1.5	11.9
1979	1.7	1.6	11.9
1978	1.8	1.6	12.3
1977	2	1.7	12.6
1976	2.1	1.8	12.8
1975	2.3	1.9	13.1
1974	2.5	2	13.3
1973	2.8	2.1	13.5
1972	3	2.2	13.7
1971	3.2	2.2	13.9
1970	3.4	2.3	14.2
1969	3.5	2.4	14.6
1968	3.6	2.5	15
1967	3.8	2.6	15.3
1966	3.9	2.6	15.1
1965	4.1	2.7	15.1
1964	4.3	2.8	15.7
1963	4.5	2.8	16.2
1962	4.8	2.9	17
1961	5	3	18.8
1960	5.2	3	20.2
1959	5.4	3.1	19.9
1958	5.6	3.1	19.7
1957	5.8	3.2	20.5
1956	6	3.2	21.3
1955	6.2	3.3	22.3
1954	6.5	3.4	22.8
1953	7	3.5	23.3
1952	7.5	3.6	23.9
1951	8.2	3.7	24.3
1950	8.9	3.8	24.7
1949	9.4	3.9	24.9
1948	9.5	4	24.9
1947	11.2	4.3	25.5
1946	13.8	4.7	25.8
1945	14.2	4.8	26.7
1944	13.7	5	27.4
1943	15.7	5.4	27.7
1942	15.4	5.5	27.9
1941	15.3	6	27.8
1940	14.2	6.2	27.9
1939	14	6.3	28
1938	15.7	7	28.7
1937	16.2	7.4	28.8
1936	14.5	7.6	29.1
1935	15.1	7.5	29.5
1934	14.8	8	30.7
1933	15	7.3	30.5
1932	16.3	–	30.7
1931	16.5	–	31.4
1930	16.6	–	31.6
1929	18.6	–	32
1928	18.5	–	31.9
1927	18.6	–	31.9
1926	20.1	–	32.7
1925	19.2	–	32.4
1924	19	–	33.1
1923	19.8	–	33.1
1922	20.6	–	33.2
1921	22	–	34.2
1920	24.4	–	34.4
1919	24.3	–	35.7
1918	35.5	–	37.6
1917	23.4	–	35.3
1916	25.5	–	35.1
1915	24.6	–	35.3
1914	21	–	35.4
1913	22.9	–	35.1
1912	22.2	–	35.5
1911	26	–	36
1910	24.3	–	36.4
1909	26.2	–	36.6
1908	27.6	–	37.2
1907	25.5	–	37.4
1906	26.6	–	38.1
1905	27.3	–	38.8
1904	26.8	–	38.9
1903	28	–	39.5
1902	29.2	–	40.1
1901	27.7	–	40.8
1900	29.7	–	40.9
1899	27.3	–	40.8
1898	29.1	–	41.2
1897	28.2	–	41
1896	30.9	–	41.1
1895	32.2	–	41.3
1894	31.6	–	41.2
1893	31.7	–	41.2
1892	32.4	–	41.7
1891	33.6	–	41.3
1890	33.3	–	41.5
1889	32.9	–	41.2
1888	34.8	–	41
1887	35.9	–	41.1
1886	36.5	–	41.1
1885	35.7	–	41.2
1884	35.1	–	41.1
1883	37.5	–	41.4
1882	39.1	–	41.5
1881	38.6	–	41.1
1880	38.7	–	41.6
1879	37.3	–	41.1
1878	37.1	–	41.6
1877	36.7	–	41.2
1876	37.8	–	41.4
1875	40.4	–	41.5
1874	40.5	–	41.7
1873	41	–	41.8
1872	44.5	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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