Ethiopia vs Malawi: Mortality rate, infant, male

Ethiopia
39.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
42.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
32nd
Malawi rank
29th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
50100150200196119922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 42.2 per 1,000 live births against 39.6 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 2.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 29th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 156.6 per 1,000 live births 174.47 per 1,000 live births 17.88 per 1,000 live births Malawi
1970s 169.48 per 1,000 live births 160.33 per 1,000 live births 9.15 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1980s 172.74 per 1,000 live births 140.72 per 1,000 live births 32.02 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
1990s 124.27 per 1,000 live births 125.39 per 1,000 live births 1.12 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2000s 86.89 per 1,000 live births 82.31 per 1,000 live births 4.58 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 56.85 per 1,000 live births 46.88 per 1,000 live births 9.97 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 47.66 per 1,000 live births 42.62 per 1,000 live births 5.04 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Ethiopia or Malawi?
Malawi, at 42.2 per 1,000 live births against 39.6 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Ethiopia and Malawi?
2.6 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?
59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Ethiopia ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 29th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.