Kuwait vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, infant, female
Kuwait
6.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
6.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
136th
Malaysia rank
139th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 136th and Malaysia ranks 139th of 197 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.65 per 1,000 live births | 47.97 per 1,000 live births | 33.68 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 41.98 per 1,000 live births | 28.9 per 1,000 live births | 13.08 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 19.75 per 1,000 live births | 15.23 per 1,000 live births | 4.52 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 11.41 per 1,000 live births | 9.15 per 1,000 live births | 2.26 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 9.22 per 1,000 live births | 6.07 per 1,000 live births | 3.15 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 7.41 per 1,000 live births | 6 per 1,000 live births | 1.41 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 6.74 per 1,000 live births | 6.24 per 1,000 live births | 0.5 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Kuwait or Malaysia?
- Kuwait, at 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Kuwait ranks 136th and Malaysia ranks 139th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.