Malta vs Sri Lanka: Infant mortality rate by sex
Malta
0.4367 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.4591 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta rank
152nd
Sri Lanka rank
149th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.4591 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4367 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0224 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 149th of 199 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.1 deaths per 100 live births | 6.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 2.8 deaths per 100 live births | 4.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.7657 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6993 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.5704 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5371 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.5337 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1416 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.4619 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4924 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0305 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Malta or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.4591 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 Sri Lanka?
- 0.0224 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Sri Lanka rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Malta ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 149th 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 .