Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Maldives
5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
5.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
153rd
Sri Lanka rank
150th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5.3 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 153rd and Sri Lanka ranks 150th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 287.94 per 1,000 live births | 76.54 per 1,000 live births | 211.4 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 197.73 per 1,000 live births | 59.39 per 1,000 live births | 138.34 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 111.46 per 1,000 live births | 31.25 per 1,000 live births | 80.21 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 59.66 per 1,000 live births | 18.97 per 1,000 live births | 40.69 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 22.35 per 1,000 live births | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 7.05 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 9.34 per 1,000 live births | 8.12 per 1,000 live births | 1.22 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 5.58 per 1,000 live births | 5.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Maldives or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5.3 per 1,000 live births against 5 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Maldives ranks 153rd and Sri Lanka ranks 150th 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.