Canada vs Maldives: Child mortality rate by sex
Canada
0.4962 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.4978 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
156th
Maldives rank
155th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Canada
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4962 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0016 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 156th and Maldives ranks 155th of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | 28.79 deaths per 100 live births | 26.45 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 1.55 deaths per 100 live births | 19.78 deaths per 100 live births | 18.23 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.9015 deaths per 100 live births | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | 10.25 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.6392 deaths per 100 live births | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.5547 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.4985 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4351 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.4853 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0722 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Canada or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4962 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Canada and Maldives?
- 0.0016 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Maldives rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Canada ranks 156th and Maldives ranks 155th 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 rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .