Maldives vs Malta: Infant mortality rate
Maldives
0.4745 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malta
0.4704 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
151st
Malta rank
153rd
Infant mortality rate over time
- Maldives
- Malta
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.4745 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4704 deaths per 100 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.0041 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 151st and Malta ranks 153rd of 199 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.21 deaths per 100 live births | 3 deaths per 100 live births | 19.21 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 16.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 14.24 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 9.78 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 8.52 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 5.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8441 deaths per 100 live births | 4.7 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6197 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.8961 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5778 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3183 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.5308 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4974 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0334 deaths per 100 live births | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Maldives or Malta?
- Maldives, at 0.4745 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4704 deaths per 100 live births in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Maldives and Malta?
- 0.0041 deaths per 100 live births, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Malta rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Maldives ranks 151st and Malta ranks 153rd 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 .