Maldives vs Malta: Child mortality
Maldives
0.5439 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta
0.5335 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
156th
Malta rank
159th
Child mortality over time
- Maldives
- Malta
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Malta ahead.
Maldives ranks 156th and Malta ranks 159th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 22 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 45.51 deaths per 100 live births | 45.58 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0729 deaths per 100 live births | Malta |
| 1810s | 44.82 deaths per 100 live births | 44.77 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0476 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1820s | 44.14 deaths per 100 live births | 43.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1636 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1830s | 43.46 deaths per 100 live births | 43.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.276 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1840s | 42.8 deaths per 100 live births | 42.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3849 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1850s | 42.15 deaths per 100 live births | 41.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1860s | 41.51 deaths per 100 live births | 38.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1870s | 40.88 deaths per 100 live births | 36.86 deaths per 100 live births | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1880s | 40.26 deaths per 100 live births | 34.95 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1890s | 39.64 deaths per 100 live births | 33.13 deaths per 100 live births | 6.51 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1900s | 39.04 deaths per 100 live births | 27.97 deaths per 100 live births | 11.07 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1910s | 38.45 deaths per 100 live births | 20.31 deaths per 100 live births | 18.14 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1920s | 37.86 deaths per 100 live births | 14.74 deaths per 100 live births | 23.12 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1930s | 37.29 deaths per 100 live births | 10.71 deaths per 100 live births | 26.58 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1940s | 36.72 deaths per 100 live births | 7.77 deaths per 100 live births | 28.95 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1950s | 35.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 28.56 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1960s | 30.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.47 deaths per 100 live births | 27.46 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 20.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 18.6 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 11.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 10.53 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.96 deaths per 100 live births | 5.59 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7061 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6577 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3782 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.6097 deaths per 100 live births | 0.565 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0447 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Maldives or Malta?
- Maldives, at 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Maldives and Malta?
- 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Malta?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Malta rank globally for child mortality?
- Maldives ranks 156th and Malta ranks 159th 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.