Malawi vs Uganda: Mortality rate, infant
Malawi
38 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uganda
35.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
29th
Uganda rank
31st
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 38 per 1,000 live births against 35.9 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 2.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 29th and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165 per 1,000 live births | 116.03 per 1,000 live births | 48.97 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 152.44 per 1,000 live births | 116.02 per 1,000 live births | 36.42 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 133.77 per 1,000 live births | 118.64 per 1,000 live births | 15.13 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 118.72 per 1,000 live births | 99.34 per 1,000 live births | 19.38 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 76.32 per 1,000 live births | 70.17 per 1,000 live births | 6.15 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 42.19 per 1,000 live births | 41.75 per 1,000 live births | 0.44 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2020s | 38.3 per 1,000 live births | 36.32 per 1,000 live births | 1.98 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Malawi or Uganda?
- Malawi, at 38 per 1,000 live births against 35.9 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Malawi and Uganda?
- 2.1 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Malawi ranks 29th and Uganda ranks 31st 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.