Maldives vs Russia: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

Maldives
5.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Russia
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives rank
154th
Russia rank
156th

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

  • Maldives
  • Russia
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Russia, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 154th and Russia ranks 156th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Russia Difference Ahead
1960s 314.81 per 1,000 live births 37.88 per 1,000 live births 276.94 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1970s 218.41 per 1,000 live births 31.49 per 1,000 live births 186.92 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1980s 127.13 per 1,000 live births 28.46 per 1,000 live births 98.67 per 1,000 live births Maldives
1990s 71.02 per 1,000 live births 24.44 per 1,000 live births 46.58 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2000s 27.54 per 1,000 live births 16.58 per 1,000 live births 10.96 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2010s 11.34 per 1,000 live births 9.27 per 1,000 live births 2.07 per 1,000 live births Maldives
2020s 6.58 per 1,000 live births 5.98 per 1,000 live births 0.6 per 1,000 live births Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Maldives or Russia?
Maldives, at 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Russia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Maldives and Russia?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Russia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Russia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Maldives ranks 154th and Russia ranks 156th 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

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.