Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 5.26% to 1.80 in Italy in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Italy reached an all time high of 24.4 in 1960 and an all time low of 1.80 in 2019. When compared to Italy's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Austria amounted to 2.30, 2.60 in France, 1.30 in Slovenia and 2.80 in Switzerland in 2019.
Italy has been ranked 156th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Austria | 2.30 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | |||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||||||
France | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.60 | |||||||||||||||||
Germany | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
Italy | 2.20 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.00 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.30 | |||||||||||||||||
Spain | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.80 | |||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 |