Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Child mortality rate by sex
Maldives
0.4978 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5259 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
155th
Sri Lanka rank
152nd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5259 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 155th and Sri Lanka ranks 152nd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.79 deaths per 100 live births | 7.65 deaths per 100 live births | 21.14 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 19.78 deaths per 100 live births | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | 13.84 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 11.15 deaths per 100 live births | 3.13 deaths per 100 live births | 8.02 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 5.97 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.705 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.9336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.812 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1216 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5681 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0106 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Maldives or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5259 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4978 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Maldives ranks 155th and Sri Lanka ranks 152nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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 .