Kuwait vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Kuwait
7.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
7.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait rank
138th
Malaysia rank
136th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 7.6 per 1,000 live births against 7.4 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 138th and Malaysia ranks 136th of 197 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.4 per 1,000 live births | 68.2 per 1,000 live births | 31.2 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 50.05 per 1,000 live births | 40.15 per 1,000 live births | 9.9 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 23.34 per 1,000 live births | 20.79 per 1,000 live births | 2.55 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 13.59 per 1,000 live births | 12.33 per 1,000 live births | 1.26 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 10.92 per 1,000 live births | 7.86 per 1,000 live births | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 8.65 per 1,000 live births | 7.42 per 1,000 live births | 1.23 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 7.76 per 1,000 live births | 7.52 per 1,000 live births | 0.24 per 1,000 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Kuwait or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 7.6 per 1,000 live births against 7.4 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malaysia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Kuwait ranks 138th and Malaysia ranks 136th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.