Maldives vs Qatar: Infant mortality rate by sex
Maldives
0.4339 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.4561 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
153rd
Qatar rank
150th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Maldives
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4339 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0222 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 153rd and Qatar ranks 150th of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.87 deaths per 100 live births | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 13.65 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 15.07 deaths per 100 live births | 3.74 deaths per 100 live births | 11.33 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 4.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 3.74 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8266 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.805 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6084 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1966 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.485 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4725 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0125 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Maldives or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4339 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Maldives and Qatar?
- 0.0222 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Qatar rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Maldives ranks 153rd and Qatar ranks 150th 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 rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .