Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, infant, male
Maldives
5.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
148th
Sri Lanka rank
147th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.1 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 148th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236.94 per 1,000 live births | 56.52 per 1,000 live births | 180.41 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 173.15 per 1,000 live births | 48.1 per 1,000 live births | 125.05 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 105.45 per 1,000 live births | 26.34 per 1,000 live births | 79.11 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 60.61 per 1,000 live births | 17.81 per 1,000 live births | 42.8 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 23.62 per 1,000 live births | 13.29 per 1,000 live births | 10.33 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 9.83 per 1,000 live births | 8.44 per 1,000 live births | 1.39 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 5.76 per 1,000 live births | 6.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.42 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Maldives or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.7 per 1,000 live births against 5.1 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Maldives ranks 148th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th 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.