Malta vs Qatar: Infant mortality rate by sex
Malta
0.4367 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Qatar
0.4561 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta rank
152nd
Qatar rank
150th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Malta
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4367 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0194 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 56 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 152nd and Qatar ranks 150th of 199 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1970s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 3.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1980s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 1990s | 0.7657 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4808 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 2000s | 0.5704 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8266 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2563 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.5337 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6084 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0747 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.4619 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4725 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0106 deaths per 100 live births | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Malta or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.4561 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4367 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Malta and Qatar?
- 0.0194 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Qatar?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Qatar rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Malta ranks 152nd 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 .