What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mali and World?

19.8 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and World?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Mali vs World: Mortality rate, infant

Mali

47.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

27.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali rank

16th

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Mali
World

How they compare

Mali currently reports 47.5 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 19.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.7 times World's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Mali ranks 16th and World ranks 19th of 197 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	116.02 per 1,000 live births	60.51 per 1,000 live births	55.51 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	90.21 per 1,000 live births	45.37 per 1,000 live births	44.84 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	67.14 per 1,000 live births	32.27 per 1,000 live births	34.87 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	51.34 per 1,000 live births	28.76 per 1,000 live births	22.58 per 1,000 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Mali or World?: Mali, at 47.5 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Mali and World?: 19.8 per 1,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mali and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Mali ranks 16th and World ranks 19th 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.