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
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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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.