Bahrain vs Malaysia: Child mortality
Bahrain
0.8767 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.8309 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
135th
Malaysia rank
138th
Child mortality over time
- Bahrain
- Malaysia
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0458 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 135th and Malaysia ranks 138th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 22 and Malaysia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1810s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1820s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1830s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1840s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1850s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1860s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1870s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1880s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1890s | 43.96 deaths per 100 live births | 43.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3998 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1900s | 43.63 deaths per 100 live births | 43.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3969 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1910s | 42.74 deaths per 100 live births | 42.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3887 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1920s | 41.71 deaths per 100 live births | 41.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3791 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1930s | 40.16 deaths per 100 live births | 34.5 deaths per 100 live births | 5.66 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1940s | 33.39 deaths per 100 live births | 22.49 deaths per 100 live births | 10.9 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1950s | 28.31 deaths per 100 live births | 13.44 deaths per 100 live births | 14.86 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 13.65 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 6.31 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9254 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3659 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4918 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8627 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2115 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.7914 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8135 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0221 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.8387 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8237 deaths per 100 live births | 0.015 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Bahrain or Malaysia?
- Bahrain, at 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 0.0458 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality?
- Bahrain ranks 135th and Malaysia ranks 138th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.