Maldives vs Malta: Child mortality vs. health spending
Maldives
0.5439 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta
0.5335 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
155th
Malta rank
158th
Child mortality vs. health spending over time
- Maldives
- Malta
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 155th and Malta ranks 158th 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 | 30.17 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | 26.82 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 20.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 18.6 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 11.95 deaths per 100 live births | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 10.53 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 6.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.96 deaths per 100 live births | 5.59 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7061 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6577 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3782 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.6097 deaths per 100 live births | 0.565 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0447 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, Maldives or Malta?
- Maldives, at 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Maldives and Malta?
- 0.0104 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 vs. health spending?
- Maldives ranks 155th 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 .