Malawi vs Zambia: Child mortality rate by sex
Malawi
4.35 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
4.37 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
32nd
Zambia rank
30th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.37 deaths per 100 live births against 4.35 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 30th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.68 deaths per 100 live births | 18.44 deaths per 100 live births | 15.24 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 29.35 deaths per 100 live births | 15.61 deaths per 100 live births | 13.74 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 15.82 deaths per 100 live births | 8.08 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 20.24 deaths per 100 live births | 16.37 deaths per 100 live births | 3.87 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 12.02 deaths per 100 live births | 10.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 5.53 deaths per 100 live births | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1334 deaths per 100 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 4.43 deaths per 100 live births | 4.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0828 deaths per 100 live births | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Malawi or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.37 deaths per 100 live births against 4.35 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Malawi and Zambia?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Malawi ranks 32nd and Zambia ranks 30th 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 .