What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cyprus and Malta?

0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Malta?

56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Cyprus vs Malta: Child mortality rate

Cyprus

0.5 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malta

0.53 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

161st

Malta rank

159th

Child mortality rate over time

Cyprus
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.53 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.

Cyprus ranks 161st and Malta ranks 159th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Malta in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	3.73 deaths per 100 live births	4 deaths per 100 live births	0.27 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
1970s	3.27 deaths per 100 live births	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1980s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	1.42 deaths per 100 live births	0.064 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1990s	0.932 deaths per 100 live births	0.961 deaths per 100 live births	0.029 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
2000s	0.496 deaths per 100 live births	0.708 deaths per 100 live births	0.212 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
2010s	0.276 deaths per 100 live births	0.658 deaths per 100 live births	0.382 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
2020s	0.414 deaths per 100 live births	0.564 deaths per 100 live births	0.15 deaths per 100 live births	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Cyprus or Malta?: Malta, at 0.53 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cyprus and Malta?: 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Malta?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and Malta rank globally for child mortality rate?: Cyprus ranks 161st and Malta ranks 159th 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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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: 18 September 2026

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