What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Malawi and Namibia?

1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Namibia?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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.

Malawi vs Namibia: Mortality rate, infant

Malawi

38 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia

36.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

29th

Namibia rank

30th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Malawi
Namibia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 38 per 1,000 live births against 36.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 29th and Namibia ranks 30th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	165.77 per 1,000 live births	60.27 per 1,000 live births	105.5 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1970s	152.44 per 1,000 live births	66.44 per 1,000 live births	86 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1980s	133.77 per 1,000 live births	65.68 per 1,000 live births	68.09 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1990s	118.72 per 1,000 live births	52.28 per 1,000 live births	66.44 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2000s	76.32 per 1,000 live births	44.1 per 1,000 live births	32.22 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2010s	42.19 per 1,000 live births	44.7 per 1,000 live births	2.51 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	38.3 per 1,000 live births	39.1 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Malawi or Namibia?: Malawi, at 38 per 1,000 live births against 36.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Malawi and Namibia?: 1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Namibia?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Malawi ranks 29th and Namibia ranks 30th 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.