What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Fiji and Marshall Islands?

2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Marshall Islands?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Fiji vs Marshall Islands: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

Fiji

31.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Marshall Islands

29.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji rank

60th

Marshall Islands rank

62nd

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time

Fiji
Marshall Islands

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 31.7 per 1,000 live births against 29.5 per 1,000 live births in Marshall Islands, a difference of 2.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Marshall Islands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.

Fiji ranks 60th and Marshall Islands ranks 62nd of 197 countries.

Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Marshall Islands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	70.32 per 1,000 live births	105.55 per 1,000 live births	35.23 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
1970s	56.62 per 1,000 live births	75.42 per 1,000 live births	18.8 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
1980s	38.87 per 1,000 live births	61.91 per 1,000 live births	23.04 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
1990s	26.8 per 1,000 live births	47.28 per 1,000 live births	20.48 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
2000s	24.57 per 1,000 live births	45.22 per 1,000 live births	20.65 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
2010s	24.04 per 1,000 live births	38.92 per 1,000 live births	14.88 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands
2020s	31.1 per 1,000 live births	31.4 per 1,000 live births	0.3 per 1,000 live births	Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Fiji or Marshall Islands?: Fiji, at 31.7 per 1,000 live births against 29.5 per 1,000 live births in Marshall Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Fiji and Marshall Islands?: 2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Marshall Islands?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Fiji and Marshall Islands rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Fiji ranks 60th and Marshall Islands ranks 62nd 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.