What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Mozambique and World?

17.4 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and World?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Mozambique vs World: Mortality rate, infant, male

Mozambique

47.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

29.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mozambique rank

20th

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

Mozambique
World

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 47.3 per 1,000 live births against 29.9 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 17.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.6 times World's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Mozambique has been ahead every year.

Mozambique ranks 20th and World ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	140.96 per 1,000 live births	63.96 per 1,000 live births	77 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2000s	87.83 per 1,000 live births	47.92 per 1,000 live births	39.91 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2010s	58.81 per 1,000 live births	34.41 per 1,000 live births	24.4 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2020s	49.8 per 1,000 live births	30.98 per 1,000 live births	18.82 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Mozambique or World?: Mozambique, at 47.3 per 1,000 live births against 29.9 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Mozambique and World?: 17.4 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?: Mozambique ranks 20th and World ranks 19th 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: 03 September 2026

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.