What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kuwait and Malaysia?

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malaysia?

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.

Kuwait vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Kuwait

8.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malaysia

9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kuwait rank

139th

Malaysia rank

136th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Kuwait
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 9 per 1,000 live births against 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

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

Kuwait ranks 139th and Malaysia ranks 136th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	110.13 per 1,000 live births	78.36 per 1,000 live births	31.77 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
1970s	56.84 per 1,000 live births	47.56 per 1,000 live births	9.28 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
1980s	27.3 per 1,000 live births	25.21 per 1,000 live births	2.09 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
1990s	16.04 per 1,000 live births	14.93 per 1,000 live births	1.11 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
2000s	12.79 per 1,000 live births	9.36 per 1,000 live births	3.43 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
2010s	10.26 per 1,000 live births	8.83 per 1,000 live births	1.43 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait
2020s	9.22 per 1,000 live births	8.94 per 1,000 live births	0.28 per 1,000 live births	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Kuwait or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 9 per 1,000 live births against 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kuwait and Malaysia?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Malaysia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Kuwait ranks 139th and Malaysia ranks 136th 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: 03 September 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.