Maldives vs Saudi Arabia: Mortality rate, infant, female

Maldives
4.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
4.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
151st
Saudi Arabia rank
149th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Maldives
  • Saudi Arabia
050100150200196219932024

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 149th of 197 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 143.49 per 1,000 live births 112.7 per 1,000 live births 30.79 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1980s 89.73 per 1,000 live births 59.22 per 1,000 live births 30.51 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1990s 49.89 per 1,000 live births 27.33 per 1,000 live births 22.56 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2000s 18.96 per 1,000 live births 14.1 per 1,000 live births 4.86 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2010s 8.05 per 1,000 live births 7.29 per 1,000 live births 0.76 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2020s 4.84 per 1,000 live births 4.8 per 1,000 live births 0.04 per 1,000 live births Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Maldives or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Maldives and Saudi Arabia?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saudi Arabia?
53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Saudi Arabia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Maldives ranks 151st and Saudi Arabia ranks 149th 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.