What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Maldives and Serbia?

0.0085 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Serbia?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 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.

Maldives vs Serbia: Child mortality by sex

Maldives

0.5876 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia

0.5961 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Maldives rank

155th

Serbia rank

154th

Child mortality by sex over time

Maldives
Serbia

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5876 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 154th of 199 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	11.35 deaths per 100 live births	3.82 deaths per 100 live births	7.53 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
1990s	7.1 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	4.9 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2000s	2.75 deaths per 100 live births	1.09 deaths per 100 live births	1.66 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2010s	1.13 deaths per 100 live births	0.7184 deaths per 100 live births	0.4147 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2020s	0.6589 deaths per 100 live births	0.5961 deaths per 100 live births	0.0627 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Maldives or Serbia?: Serbia, at 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5876 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Maldives and Serbia?: 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Serbia rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Maldives ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 154th 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 .