What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Malaysia and Ukraine?

0.0363 deaths per 100 live births, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Ukraine?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.

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.

Malaysia vs Ukraine: Child mortality by sex

Malaysia

0.9019 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

0.8656 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malaysia rank

137th

Ukraine rank

140th

Child mortality by sex over time

Malaysia
Ukraine

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.9019 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8656 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine, a difference of 0.0363 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 137th and Ukraine ranks 140th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	4.62 deaths per 100 live births	3.26 deaths per 100 live births	1.36 deaths per 100 live births	Malaysia
1980s	2.52 deaths per 100 live births	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	0.0196 deaths per 100 live births	Malaysia
1990s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	2.18 deaths per 100 live births	0.6858 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
2000s	0.9358 deaths per 100 live births	1.67 deaths per 100 live births	0.7305 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
2010s	0.8825 deaths per 100 live births	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	0.2016 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine
2020s	0.8943 deaths per 100 live births	0.9003 deaths per 100 live births	0.0061 deaths per 100 live births	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Malaysia or Ukraine?: Malaysia, at 0.9019 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8656 deaths per 100 live births in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Malaysia and Ukraine?: 0.0363 deaths per 100 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Ukraine?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Ukraine rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Malaysia ranks 137th and Ukraine ranks 140th 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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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .