What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Georgia and Malaysia?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Georgia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Malaysia?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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.

Georgia vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, infant

Georgia

7.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malaysia

7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Georgia rank

134th

Malaysia rank

137th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Georgia
Malaysia

How they compare

Georgia currently reports 7.5 per 1,000 live births against 7 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Georgia's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Georgia has been ahead every year.

Georgia ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 197 countries.

Georgia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Georgia	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	53.82 per 1,000 live births	27.66 per 1,000 live births	26.16 per 1,000 live births	Georgia
1980s	42.34 per 1,000 live births	17.13 per 1,000 live births	25.21 per 1,000 live births	Georgia
1990s	35.8 per 1,000 live births	10.26 per 1,000 live births	25.54 per 1,000 live births	Georgia
2000s	20.5 per 1,000 live births	6.7 per 1,000 live births	13.8 per 1,000 live births	Georgia
2010s	9.43 per 1,000 live births	6.63 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	Georgia
2020s	7.74 per 1,000 live births	6.88 per 1,000 live births	0.86 per 1,000 live births	Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Georgia or Malaysia?: Georgia, at 7.5 per 1,000 live births against 7 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Georgia and Malaysia?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Malaysia?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Georgia and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Georgia ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th 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: 03 September 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.