Kiribati vs Malawi: Mortality rate, infant
Kiribati
38.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
38 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
28th
Malawi rank
29th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Kiribati
- Malawi
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 38 per 1,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Kiribati ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 29th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125.34 per 1,000 live births | 165 per 1,000 live births | 39.66 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 95.85 per 1,000 live births | 152.44 per 1,000 live births | 56.59 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 82.32 per 1,000 live births | 133.77 per 1,000 live births | 51.45 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 59.1 per 1,000 live births | 118.72 per 1,000 live births | 59.62 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 45.23 per 1,000 live births | 76.32 per 1,000 live births | 31.09 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 42.52 per 1,000 live births | 42.19 per 1,000 live births | 0.33 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 40.64 per 1,000 live births | 38.3 per 1,000 live births | 2.34 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kiribati or Malawi?
- Kiribati, at 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 38 per 1,000 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kiribati and Malawi?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Kiribati ranks 28th 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.