What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Canada and Malta?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Canada ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Malta?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Malta: Mortality rate, infant

Canada

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malta

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Canada rank

149th

Malta rank

149th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Canada
Malta

How they compare

Canada currently reports 4.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Malta, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 149th and Malta ranks 149th of 197 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	23.61 per 1,000 live births	31.03 per 1,000 live births	7.42 per 1,000 live births	Malta
1970s	14.63 per 1,000 live births	19.86 per 1,000 live births	5.23 per 1,000 live births	Malta
1980s	8.37 per 1,000 live births	12.57 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births	Malta
1990s	5.96 per 1,000 live births	8.44 per 1,000 live births	2.48 per 1,000 live births	Malta
2000s	5.22 per 1,000 live births	6.19 per 1,000 live births	0.97 per 1,000 live births	Malta
2010s	4.69 per 1,000 live births	5.78 per 1,000 live births	1.09 per 1,000 live births	Malta
2020s	4.62 per 1,000 live births	4.96 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Canada or Malta?: Canada, at 4.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Canada and Malta?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Malta?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Canada and Malta rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Canada ranks 149th and Malta 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 (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 (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: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.