Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Infant mortality by sex
Maldives
0.5128 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5713 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
149th
Sri Lanka rank
148th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5128 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0585 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.69 deaths per 100 live births | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | 18.04 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 17.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.81 deaths per 100 live births | 12.51 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 10.55 deaths per 100 live births | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | 7.91 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 6.06 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 4.28 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.9825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8469 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1357 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5738 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6176 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0438 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, Maldives or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5713 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5128 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0585 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sri Lanka rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Maldives ranks 149th 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 .