Malawi vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Malawi
43.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
43.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
31st
Zambia rank
30th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.5 per 1,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 336.79 per 1,000 live births | 184.38 per 1,000 live births | 152.41 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 293.55 per 1,000 live births | 156.13 per 1,000 live births | 137.42 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 239 per 1,000 live births | 158.15 per 1,000 live births | 80.85 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 202.38 per 1,000 live births | 163.67 per 1,000 live births | 38.71 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 120.23 per 1,000 live births | 103.08 per 1,000 live births | 17.15 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 55.35 per 1,000 live births | 56.67 per 1,000 live births | 1.32 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 44.34 per 1,000 live births | 45.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.84 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Malawi or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.5 per 1,000 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Malawi and Zambia?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Malawi ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 30th 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.