Malawi vs Uganda: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Malawi
53.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Uganda
53.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malawi rank
28th
Uganda rank
29th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Malawi
- Uganda
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 53.9 per 1,000 live births against 53.7 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 28th and Uganda ranks 29th of 197 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366.33 per 1,000 live births | 219.26 per 1,000 live births | 147.08 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 319.83 per 1,000 live births | 216.58 per 1,000 live births | 103.25 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 262.17 per 1,000 live births | 215.29 per 1,000 live births | 46.88 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 222.37 per 1,000 live births | 176.86 per 1,000 live births | 45.51 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 136.84 per 1,000 live births | 120.42 per 1,000 live births | 16.42 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2010s | 67.37 per 1,000 live births | 66.74 per 1,000 live births | 0.63 per 1,000 live births | Malawi |
| 2020s | 54.98 per 1,000 live births | 54.86 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 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, Malawi or Uganda?
- Malawi, at 53.9 per 1,000 live births against 53.7 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Malawi and Uganda?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Malawi ranks 28th and Uganda ranks 29th 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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About this data
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.