Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Iraq or Malawi?

Malawi, at 15,906 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Iraq and Malawi?

1,236 deaths, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Malawi?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs Malawi: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Iraq

14,670 deaths

in 2024

Malawi

15,906 deaths

in 2024

Iraq rank

35th

Malawi rank

32nd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Iraq
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 15,906 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq, a difference of 1,236 deaths.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Malawi ahead.

Iraq ranks 35th and Malawi ranks 32nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1980s	17,980 deaths	21,257 deaths	3,278 deaths	Malawi
1990s	19,664 deaths	21,782 deaths	2,117 deaths	Malawi
2000s	21,050 deaths	17,228 deaths	3,823 deaths	Iraq
2010s	19,602 deaths	14,988 deaths	4,614 deaths	Iraq
2020s	15,297 deaths	15,544 deaths	247 deaths	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Iraq or Malawi?: Malawi, at 15,906 deaths against 14,670 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Iraq and Malawi?: 1,236 deaths, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Malawi?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Malawi rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Iraq ranks 35th and Malawi ranks 32nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .