Kuwait vs Malaysia: Infant mortality rate

Kuwait
0.7018 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.6981 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
138th
Malaysia rank
139th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Kuwait
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.7018 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6981 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0037 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 138th and Malaysia ranks 139th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .