Bahrain vs Malaysia: Infant mortality rate
Bahrain
0.7314 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.6981 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
136th
Malaysia rank
139th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Bahrain
- Malaysia
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.7314 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6981 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0333 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 136th and Malaysia ranks 139th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 7 and Malaysia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.22 deaths per 100 live births | 8.22 deaths per 100 live births | 12 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 11.25 deaths per 100 live births | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 4.56 deaths per 100 live births | 3.24 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6147 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5718 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 0.8931 deaths per 100 live births | 0.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.223 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.6528 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6621 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0093 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.6977 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6879 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0098 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Bahrain or Malaysia?
- Bahrain, at 0.7314 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6981 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 0.0333 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Bahrain ranks 136th and Malaysia ranks 139th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .