What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cyprus and Malta?

0.0175 deaths per 100 live births, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Malta?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cyprus vs Malta: Youth mortality rate

Cyprus

0.5914 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malta

0.6089 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

162nd

Malta rank

159th

Youth mortality rate over time

Cyprus
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.6089 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5914 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus, a difference of 0.0175 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 162nd and Malta ranks 159th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	1.51 deaths per 100 live births	0.0101 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
1990s	1.11 deaths per 100 live births	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	0.0241 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
2000s	0.6628 deaths per 100 live births	0.822 deaths per 100 live births	0.1593 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
2010s	0.3952 deaths per 100 live births	0.754 deaths per 100 live births	0.3588 deaths per 100 live births	Malta
2020s	0.5096 deaths per 100 live births	0.6444 deaths per 100 live births	0.1348 deaths per 100 live births	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Cyprus or Malta?: Malta, at 0.6089 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5914 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cyprus and Malta?: 0.0175 deaths per 100 live births, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Malta?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and Malta rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Cyprus ranks 162nd and Malta ranks 159th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.