Haiti vs Malawi: Child mortality rate

Haiti
5.28 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malawi
4.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Haiti rank
27th
Malawi rank
30th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Haiti
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Haiti currently reports 5.28 deaths per 100 live births against 4.88 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.4 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Haiti's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Haiti ranks 27th and Malawi ranks 30th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 27.03 deaths per 100 live births 35.2 deaths per 100 live births 8.17 deaths per 100 live births Malawi
1970s 22.06 deaths per 100 live births 30.7 deaths per 100 live births 8.64 deaths per 100 live births Malawi
1980s 16.89 deaths per 100 live births 25.09 deaths per 100 live births 8.2 deaths per 100 live births Malawi
1990s 12.55 deaths per 100 live births 21.26 deaths per 100 live births 8.71 deaths per 100 live births Malawi
2000s 9.04 deaths per 100 live births 12.88 deaths per 100 live births 3.84 deaths per 100 live births Malawi
2010s 7.59 deaths per 100 live births 6.15 deaths per 100 live births 1.44 deaths per 100 live births Haiti
2020s 5.63 deaths per 100 live births 4.98 deaths per 100 live births 0.648 deaths per 100 live births Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Haiti or Malawi?
Haiti, at 5.28 deaths per 100 live births against 4.88 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Haiti and Malawi?
0.4 deaths per 100 live births, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Malawi?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Haiti and Malawi rank globally for child mortality rate?
Haiti ranks 27th and Malawi ranks 30th 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.