Canada vs Maldives: Child mortality
Canada
0.5427 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.5439 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
157th
Maldives rank
156th
Child mortality over time
- Canada
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 225 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 157th and Maldives ranks 156th of 203 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 45.51 deaths per 100 live births | 12.16 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1810s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 44.82 deaths per 100 live births | 11.47 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1820s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 44.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10.79 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1830s | 32.79 deaths per 100 live births | 43.46 deaths per 100 live births | 10.67 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1840s | 31.62 deaths per 100 live births | 42.8 deaths per 100 live births | 11.18 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1850s | 30.89 deaths per 100 live births | 42.15 deaths per 100 live births | 11.27 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1860s | 30.14 deaths per 100 live births | 41.51 deaths per 100 live births | 11.37 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1870s | 28.69 deaths per 100 live births | 40.88 deaths per 100 live births | 12.19 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1880s | 27.13 deaths per 100 live births | 40.26 deaths per 100 live births | 13.13 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1890s | 28.44 deaths per 100 live births | 39.64 deaths per 100 live births | 11.2 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1900s | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 39.04 deaths per 100 live births | 15.14 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1910s | 25.61 deaths per 100 live births | 38.45 deaths per 100 live births | 12.83 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1920s | 14.5 deaths per 100 live births | 37.86 deaths per 100 live births | 23.37 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1930s | 9.72 deaths per 100 live births | 37.29 deaths per 100 live births | 27.57 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1940s | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | 36.72 deaths per 100 live births | 30.15 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1950s | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 35.27 deaths per 100 live births | 31.27 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1960s | 2.77 deaths per 100 live births | 30.92 deaths per 100 live births | 28.15 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 20.83 deaths per 100 live births | 19.08 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 11.95 deaths per 100 live births | 10.93 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.7131 deaths per 100 live births | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 5.84 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.6072 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.5407 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4952 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5305 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6097 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0792 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Canada or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Canada and Maldives?
- 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Maldives?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Maldives rank globally for child mortality?
- Canada ranks 157th and Maldives ranks 156th 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.