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

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

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

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

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

Malaysia

9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ukraine

8.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malaysia rank

136th

Ukraine rank

139th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Malaysia
Ukraine

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Malaysia ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	46.18 per 1,000 live births	32.59 per 1,000 live births	13.59 per 1,000 live births	Malaysia
1980s	25.21 per 1,000 live births	25.01 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Malaysia
1990s	14.93 per 1,000 live births	21.81 per 1,000 live births	6.88 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2000s	9.36 per 1,000 live births	16.67 per 1,000 live births	7.31 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2010s	8.83 per 1,000 live births	10.85 per 1,000 live births	2.02 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine
2020s	8.94 per 1,000 live births	9 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Malaysia or Ukraine?: Malaysia, at 9 per 1,000 live births against 8.7 per 1,000 live births in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Malaysia and Ukraine?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Ukraine?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Ukraine rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Malaysia ranks 136th and Ukraine ranks 139th 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.