Canada vs Maldives: Child mortality vs. health spending

Canada
0.5427 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.5439 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
156th
Maldives rank
155th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

  • Canada
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0012 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 2.66 deaths per 100 live births 30.17 deaths per 100 live births 27.5 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
1970s 1.75 deaths per 100 live births 20.83 deaths per 100 live births 19.08 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
1980s 1.02 deaths per 100 live births 11.95 deaths per 100 live births 10.93 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
1990s 0.7131 deaths per 100 live births 6.55 deaths per 100 live births 5.84 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
2000s 0.6072 deaths per 100 live births 2.5 deaths per 100 live births 1.89 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
2010s 0.5407 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 0.4952 deaths per 100 live births Maldives
2020s 0.5305 deaths per 100 live births 0.6097 deaths per 100 live births 0.0792 deaths per 100 live births Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Canada or Maldives?
Maldives, at 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Canada and Maldives?
0.0012 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 vs. health spending?
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 vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .