Bahrain vs Malaysia: Child mortality by sex
Bahrain
0.8969 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.9019 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
138th
Malaysia rank
137th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Bahrain
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.9019 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8969 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain, a difference of 0.005 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 138th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 6 and Malaysia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25.65 deaths per 100 live births | 12.15 deaths per 100 live births | 13.5 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 13.8 deaths per 100 live births | 7.83 deaths per 100 live births | 5.96 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 5.5 deaths per 100 live births | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7475 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 2.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2409 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4058 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9358 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1662 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.8087 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0738 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.8575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8943 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0368 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Bahrain or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.9019 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8969 deaths per 100 live births in Bahrain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 0.005 deaths per 100 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Bahrain ranks 138th and Malaysia ranks 137th 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 by sex. 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 male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .