Cyprus vs Malta: Child mortality vs. health spending
Cyprus
0.4979 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta
0.5335 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cyprus rank
160th
Malta rank
158th
Child mortality vs. health spending over time
- Cyprus
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus, a difference of 0.0356 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cyprus ahead.
Cyprus ranks 160th and Malta ranks 158th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Malta in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Cyprus |
| 1980s | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0647 deaths per 100 live births | Cyprus |
| 1990s | 0.9308 deaths per 100 live births | 0.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0292 deaths per 100 live births | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.4944 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7061 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2117 deaths per 100 live births | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.2763 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6577 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3814 deaths per 100 live births | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.4114 deaths per 100 live births | 0.565 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1536 deaths per 100 live births | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Cyprus or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Cyprus and Malta?
- 0.0356 deaths per 100 live births, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Malta?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Cyprus and Malta rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Cyprus ranks 160th and Malta ranks 158th 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 vs. health spending. 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 .