Canada vs Maldives: Infant mortality rate
Canada
0.4717 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives
0.4745 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
152nd
Maldives rank
151st
Infant mortality rate over time
- Canada
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.4745 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0028 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 151st of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | 22.21 deaths per 100 live births | 19.95 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 16.23 deaths per 100 live births | 14.76 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.8379 deaths per 100 live births | 9.78 deaths per 100 live births | 8.94 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.5942 deaths per 100 live births | 5.54 deaths per 100 live births | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.5207 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8961 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4261 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.4611 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5308 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0696 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Canada or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.4745 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Canada and Maldives?
- 0.0028 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Maldives rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Canada ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 151st 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 .