Mali vs Mozambique: Infant mortality rate
Mali
4.75 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
4.37 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mali rank
16th
Mozambique rank
19th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Mali
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mali currently reports 4.75 deaths per 100 live births against 4.37 deaths per 100 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 0.38 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 16th and Mozambique ranks 19th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 5 and Mozambique in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.07 deaths per 100 live births | 14.99 deaths per 100 live births | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1970s | 17.81 deaths per 100 live births | 15.26 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1980s | 14.07 deaths per 100 live births | 15.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 11.6 deaths per 100 live births | 13.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 9.02 deaths per 100 live births | 8.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.662 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 2010s | 6.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 2020s | 5.13 deaths per 100 live births | 4.6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5295 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Mali or Mozambique?
- Mali, at 4.75 deaths per 100 live births against 4.37 deaths per 100 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Mali and Mozambique?
- 0.38 deaths per 100 live births, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Mozambique?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Mozambique rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Mali ranks 16th and Mozambique ranks 19th 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 .