What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Eswatini and Malawi?

0.32 deaths per 100 live births, with Malawi ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Eswatini vs Malawi: Youth mortality rate

Eswatini

5.61 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malawi

5.93 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

35th

Malawi rank

33rd

Youth mortality rate over time

Eswatini
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 5.93 deaths per 100 live births against 5.61 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.32 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

Eswatini ranks 35th and Malawi ranks 33rd of 199 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1990s	9.27 deaths per 100 live births	23.75 deaths per 100 live births	14.48 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2000s	12.09 deaths per 100 live births	14.93 deaths per 100 live births	2.83 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2010s	7.19 deaths per 100 live births	7.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.3512 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2020s	5.88 deaths per 100 live births	6.09 deaths per 100 live births	0.2064 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Eswatini or Malawi?: Malawi, at 5.93 deaths per 100 live births against 5.61 deaths per 100 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Eswatini and Malawi?: 0.32 deaths per 100 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Malawi?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Malawi rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Eswatini ranks 35th and Malawi ranks 33rd 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.