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

0.0248 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta 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.

Malta vs Serbia: Child mortality by sex

Malta

0.5713 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia

0.5961 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malta rank

157th

Serbia rank

154th

Child mortality by sex over time

Malta
Serbia

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0248 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Serbia ahead.

Malta ranks 157th and Serbia ranks 154th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Serbia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.43 deaths per 100 live births	3.82 deaths per 100 live births	2.39 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
1990s	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	1.15 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2000s	0.7599 deaths per 100 live births	1.09 deaths per 100 live births	0.3289 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2010s	0.7059 deaths per 100 live births	0.7184 deaths per 100 live births	0.0125 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2020s	0.6046 deaths per 100 live births	0.5961 deaths per 100 live births	0.0084 deaths per 100 live births	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Malta or Serbia?: Serbia, at 0.5961 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Malta and Serbia?: 0.0248 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Malta and Serbia rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Malta ranks 157th 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 .