Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Malaysia or Saudi Arabia?

Malaysia, at 2,784 deaths against 2,731 deaths in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?

53 deaths, with Malaysia ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Number of infants who die before age 1

Malaysia

2,784 deaths

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

2,731 deaths

in 2023

Malaysia rank

78th

Saudi Arabia rank

80th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Malaysia
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 2,784 deaths against 2,731 deaths in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 53 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 78th and Saudi Arabia ranks 80th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	28,089 deaths	17,467 deaths	10,622 deaths	Malaysia
1960s	19,115 deaths	20,424 deaths	1,309 deaths	Saudi Arabia
1970s	12,504 deaths	20,008 deaths	7,503 deaths	Saudi Arabia
1980s	8,272 deaths	17,817 deaths	9,546 deaths	Saudi Arabia
1990s	5,804 deaths	11,143 deaths	5,339 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2000s	3,504 deaths	6,377 deaths	2,873 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2010s	3,328 deaths	4,419 deaths	1,092 deaths	Saudi Arabia
2020s	2,835 deaths	2,778 deaths	57 deaths	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Malaysia or Saudi Arabia?: Malaysia, at 2,784 deaths against 2,731 deaths in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?: 53 deaths, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malaysia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Malaysia ranks 78th and Saudi Arabia ranks 80th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.