What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Malta and Sri Lanka?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sri Lanka?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Malta vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, infant

Malta

4.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sri Lanka

5.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malta rank

149th

Sri Lanka rank

147th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Malta
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 5.2 per 1,000 live births against 4.7 per 1,000 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Malta ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th of 197 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	31.03 per 1,000 live births	52.8 per 1,000 live births	21.77 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1970s	19.86 per 1,000 live births	44.14 per 1,000 live births	24.28 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1980s	12.57 per 1,000 live births	24.23 per 1,000 live births	11.66 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
1990s	8.44 per 1,000 live births	16.27 per 1,000 live births	7.83 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2000s	6.19 per 1,000 live births	12.2 per 1,000 live births	6.01 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2010s	5.78 per 1,000 live births	7.61 per 1,000 live births	1.83 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka
2020s	4.96 per 1,000 live births	5.56 per 1,000 live births	0.6 per 1,000 live births	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Malta or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 5.2 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 Sri Lanka?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sri Lanka?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Malta and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Malta ranks 149th and Sri Lanka ranks 147th 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.