The infant mortality rate in Italy, for children under the age of one year old, was 231 deaths per thousand births in 1865. This means that for all babies born in 1865, over 23 percent did not survive past their first birthday. Over the course of the next 155 years, the rate has dropped to its lowest point ever, amounting to three deaths per thousand births in the period between 2015 and 2020.
Since the turn of the twentieth century, infant mortality in Italy has increased just two times, once in the 1910s as a result of the First World War and Spanish Flu pandemic, and then again in the 1940s due to the Second World War.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Italy from 1865 to 2020* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1042589/italy-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), und Gapminder. "Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Italy from 1865 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 21, 2026. /statistics/1042589/italy-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
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Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Italy from 1865 to 2020* [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1042589/italy-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
