Malta vs Slovakia: Mortality rate, infant

Malta
4.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Slovakia
5.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malta rank
149th
Slovakia rank
146th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Malta
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 5.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 149th and Slovakia ranks 146th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Slovakia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Slovakia Difference Ahead
1960s 31.03 per 1,000 live births 27.17 per 1,000 live births 3.86 per 1,000 live births Malta
1970s 19.86 per 1,000 live births 23.44 per 1,000 live births 3.58 per 1,000 live births Slovakia
1980s 12.57 per 1,000 live births 16.24 per 1,000 live births 3.67 per 1,000 live births Slovakia
1990s 8.44 per 1,000 live births 10.44 per 1,000 live births 2 per 1,000 live births Slovakia
2000s 6.19 per 1,000 live births 6.95 per 1,000 live births 0.76 per 1,000 live births Slovakia
2010s 5.78 per 1,000 live births 5.24 per 1,000 live births 0.54 per 1,000 live births Malta
2020s 4.96 per 1,000 live births 5.12 per 1,000 live births 0.16 per 1,000 live births Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Malta or Slovakia?
Slovakia, at 5.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Malta and Slovakia?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Slovakia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Malta and Slovakia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Malta ranks 149th and Slovakia ranks 146th 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

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.