Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Maldives
0.5463 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5881 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
103rd
Sri Lanka rank
102nd
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5463 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0418 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 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 103rd and Sri Lanka ranks 102nd of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.81 deaths per 100 live births | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | 4.75 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8695 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9109 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1299 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.6123 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6375 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0252 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 household wealth, Maldives or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5881 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5463 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0418 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sri Lanka rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Maldives ranks 103rd and Sri Lanka ranks 102nd of 106 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 household wealth. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.