Bahrain vs Malaysia: Child mortality rate

Bahrain
0.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
134th
Malaysia rank
137th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Bahrain
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 0.88 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 7 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Malaysia Difference Ahead
1950s 25.51 deaths per 100 live births 11.54 deaths per 100 live births 13.96 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1960s 13.65 deaths per 100 live births 7.34 deaths per 100 live births 6.31 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1970s 5.32 deaths per 100 live births 4.4 deaths per 100 live births 0.925 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1980s 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 2.31 deaths per 100 live births 0.364 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
1990s 1.86 deaths per 100 live births 1.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.493 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
2000s 1.07 deaths per 100 live births 0.863 deaths per 100 live births 0.212 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain
2010s 0.792 deaths per 100 live births 0.813 deaths per 100 live births 0.021 deaths per 100 live births Malaysia
2020s 0.84 deaths per 100 live births 0.824 deaths per 100 live births 0.016 deaths per 100 live births Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Bahrain or Malaysia?
Bahrain, at 0.88 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Bahrain and Malaysia?
0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality rate?
Bahrain ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.