Maldives vs Malta: Child mortality rate by sex
Maldives
0.4978 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta
0.4942 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
155th
Malta rank
157th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Maldives
- Malta
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4942 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0036 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 155th and Malta ranks 157th of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.79 deaths per 100 live births | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | 25.76 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 19.78 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 17.76 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 9.86 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.872 deaths per 100 live births | 5.09 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6493 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.9336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6067 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3269 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5234 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0341 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, Maldives or Malta?
- Maldives, at 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4942 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Maldives and Malta?
- 0.0036 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Malta rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Maldives ranks 155th and Malta ranks 157th 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 .