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
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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About this data
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.