What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Maldives and Saint Lucia?

2 deaths, with Saint Lucia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saint Lucia?

38 years are reported by both, from 1987 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.

Maldives vs Saint Lucia: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Maldives

21 deaths

in 2024

Saint Lucia

23 deaths

in 2024

Maldives rank

172nd

Saint Lucia rank

169th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Maldives
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 23 deaths against 21 deaths in Maldives, a difference of 2 deaths.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 172nd and Saint Lucia ranks 169th of 199 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	434.33 deaths	52 deaths	382.33 deaths	Maldives
1990s	270.8 deaths	40.2 deaths	230.6 deaths	Maldives
2000s	80.7 deaths	33.5 deaths	47.2 deaths	Maldives
2010s	43.3 deaths	28.7 deaths	14.6 deaths	Maldives
2020s	24.4 deaths	23.8 deaths	0.6 deaths	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Maldives or Saint Lucia?: Saint Lucia, at 23 deaths against 21 deaths in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Maldives and Saint Lucia?: 2 deaths, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saint Lucia?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Saint Lucia rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Maldives ranks 172nd and Saint Lucia ranks 169th 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 .