What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Malta and Serbia?

0.0058 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.

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

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

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.

Malta vs Serbia: Infant mortality by sex

Malta

0.5027 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia

0.5085 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malta rank

155th

Serbia rank

153rd

Infant mortality by sex over time

Malta
Serbia

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.5085 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5027 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Serbia ahead.

Malta ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 153rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Serbia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.26 deaths per 100 live births	3.28 deaths per 100 live births	2.02 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
1990s	0.9184 deaths per 100 live births	1.91 deaths per 100 live births	0.9938 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2000s	0.6663 deaths per 100 live births	0.9511 deaths per 100 live births	0.2847 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2010s	0.6193 deaths per 100 live births	0.6223 deaths per 100 live births	0.003 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2020s	0.5312 deaths per 100 live births	0.5104 deaths per 100 live births	0.0208 deaths per 100 live births	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Malta or Serbia?: Serbia, at 0.5085 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5027 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Malta and Serbia?: 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Malta and Serbia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?: Malta ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 153rd 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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Indicator: Infant mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .