Latin America & Caribbean vs Malawi: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Latin America & Caribbean
13.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
43.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean rank
32nd
Malawi rank
31st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 13.8 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 29.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Malawi's figure about 3.2 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.04 per 1,000 live births | 202.38 per 1,000 live births | 162.34 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 23.91 per 1,000 live births | 120.23 per 1,000 live births | 96.32 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 17.04 per 1,000 live births | 55.35 per 1,000 live births | 38.31 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2020s | 14.4 per 1,000 live births | 44.34 per 1,000 live births | 29.94 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Latin America & Caribbean or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 13.8 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi?
- 29.7 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd and Malawi ranks 31st of 47 groups.
- 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.