Canada vs Sri Lanka: Infant mortality by sex
Canada
0.5094 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5713 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
152nd
Sri Lanka rank
148th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Canada
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5094 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0619 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 199 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 7.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 2.64 deaths per 100 live births | 5.74 deaths per 100 live births | 3.1 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | 3.18 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.9312 deaths per 100 live births | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.6525 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.5623 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7648 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.5036 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8469 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3433 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.4976 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6176 deaths per 100 live births | 0.12 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Canada or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5094 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0619 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Sri Lanka rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Canada ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .