Malawi vs Uganda: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Malawi
43.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uganda
43.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
31st
Uganda rank
31st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43.5 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Uganda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 336.79 per 1,000 live births | 193.53 per 1,000 live births | 143.26 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 293.55 per 1,000 live births | 190.94 per 1,000 live births | 102.61 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 239 per 1,000 live births | 190.49 per 1,000 live births | 48.51 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 202.38 per 1,000 live births | 152.92 per 1,000 live births | 49.46 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 120.23 per 1,000 live births | 101.72 per 1,000 live births | 18.51 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 55.35 per 1,000 live births | 54.68 per 1,000 live births | 0.67 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2020s | 44.34 per 1,000 live births | 44.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.16 per 1,000 live births | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Malawi or Uganda?
- Malawi, at 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43.5 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Malawi and Uganda?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Malawi ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 31st 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.