Italy vs South Korea: Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
Italy
0.2702 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Korea
0.2796 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Italy rank
184th
South Korea rank
183rd
Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita over time
- Italy
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0094 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.
Italy ranks 184th and South Korea ranks 183rd of 199 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.69 deaths per 100 live births | 20.86 deaths per 100 live births | 14.16 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1960s | 4.28 deaths per 100 live births | 8.95 deaths per 100 live births | 4.67 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1970s | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1980s | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 1990s | 0.7755 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.356 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2000s | 0.4664 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5828 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1164 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2010s | 0.3541 deaths per 100 live births | 0.359 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0049 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
| 2020s | 0.2827 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2915 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0089 deaths per 100 live births | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita, Italy or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 0.2796 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita between Italy and South Korea?
- 0.0094 deaths per 100 live births, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Korea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Italy and South Korea rank globally for child mortality vs. co₂ emissions per capita?
- Italy ranks 184th and South Korea ranks 183rd 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 Child mortality vs. CO₂ emissions per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .