What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Maldives and Saudi Arabia?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saudi Arabia?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 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.

Maldives vs Saudi Arabia: Mortality rate, infant

Maldives

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Saudi Arabia

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Maldives rank

149th

Saudi Arabia rank

149th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Maldives
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 4.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 149th and Saudi Arabia ranks 149th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	154.5 per 1,000 live births	118.52 per 1,000 live births	35.98 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
1980s	97.83 per 1,000 live births	63.4 per 1,000 live births	34.43 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
1990s	55.43 per 1,000 live births	29.58 per 1,000 live births	25.85 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2000s	21.33 per 1,000 live births	15.15 per 1,000 live births	6.18 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2010s	8.95 per 1,000 live births	7.75 per 1,000 live births	1.2 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2020s	5.32 per 1,000 live births	5.02 per 1,000 live births	0.3 per 1,000 live births	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Maldives or Saudi Arabia?: Maldives, at 4.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Maldives and Saudi Arabia?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saudi Arabia?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Saudi Arabia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Maldives ranks 149th and Saudi Arabia 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: 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.