Malawi vs Uganda: Mortality rate, infant, female

Malawi
33.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uganda
32 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
29th
Uganda rank
31st

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Malawi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 33.5 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 29th and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 155.58 per 1,000 live births 107.3 per 1,000 live births 48.28 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1970s 144.19 per 1,000 live births 107.51 per 1,000 live births 36.68 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1980s 126.44 per 1,000 live births 111.34 per 1,000 live births 15.1 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1990s 111.73 per 1,000 live births 91.59 per 1,000 live births 20.14 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2000s 70.01 per 1,000 live births 63.51 per 1,000 live births 6.5 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2010s 37.26 per 1,000 live births 37.29 per 1,000 live births 0.03 per 1,000 live births Uganda
2020s 33.78 per 1,000 live births 32.34 per 1,000 live births 1.44 per 1,000 live births Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Malawi or Uganda?
Malawi, at 33.5 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Malawi and Uganda?
1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Malawi ranks 29th and Uganda ranks 31st 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.