Canada vs Maldives: Mortality rate, under-5
Canada
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Maldives
5.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
152nd
Maldives rank
152nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Canada
- Maldives
How they compare
Canada currently reports 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 152nd of 196 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.62 per 1,000 live births | 301.68 per 1,000 live births | 275.05 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1970s | 17.53 per 1,000 live births | 208.34 per 1,000 live births | 190.81 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1980s | 10.18 per 1,000 live births | 119.49 per 1,000 live births | 109.31 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 1990s | 7.14 per 1,000 live births | 65.5 per 1,000 live births | 58.36 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2000s | 6.07 per 1,000 live births | 24.99 per 1,000 live births | 18.92 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2010s | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | 10.38 per 1,000 live births | 4.98 per 1,000 live births | Maldives |
| 2020s | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 6.08 per 1,000 live births | 0.78 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, Canada or Maldives?
- Canada, at 5.4 per 1,000 live births against 5.4 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Canada and Maldives?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Maldives?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Maldives rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Canada ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 152nd of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.