Comoros vs Malawi: Infant mortality rate
Comoros
3.5 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malawi
3.8 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
32nd
Malawi rank
29th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Comoros
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.8 deaths per 100 live births against 3.5 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.3 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Comoros's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Malawi ahead.
Comoros ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 29th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.96 deaths per 100 live births | 14.78 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8128 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 11.14 deaths per 100 live births | 13.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 7.98 deaths per 100 live births | 11.87 deaths per 100 live births | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.64 deaths per 100 live births | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.34 deaths per 100 live births | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1165 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 2020s | 3.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.83 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1291 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Comoros or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.8 deaths per 100 live births against 3.5 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Comoros and Malawi?
- 0.3 deaths per 100 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Malawi?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Malawi rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Comoros ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 29th 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
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .