Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Malawi: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
17.08 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi
53.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th
Malawi rank
28th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 53.9 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 36.82 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Malawi's figure about 3.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 28th of 47 groups.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 49.47 per 1,000 live births 222.37 per 1,000 live births 172.9 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2000s 29.9 per 1,000 live births 136.84 per 1,000 live births 106.94 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2010s 21.22 per 1,000 live births 67.37 per 1,000 live births 46.15 per 1,000 live births Malawi
2020s 17.89 per 1,000 live births 54.98 per 1,000 live births 37.09 per 1,000 live births Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Malawi?
Malawi, at 53.9 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malawi?
36.82 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malawi?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 28th of 47 groups.
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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About this data

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

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.