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

0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Malawi ahead.

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

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Malawi vs Zambia: Youth mortality rate

Malawi

5.93 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zambia

5.72 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

33rd

Zambia rank

34th

Youth mortality rate over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 5.93 deaths per 100 live births against 5.72 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 34th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	28.69 deaths per 100 live births	19.12 deaths per 100 live births	9.56 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
1990s	23.75 deaths per 100 live births	19.27 deaths per 100 live births	4.47 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2000s	14.93 deaths per 100 live births	12.69 deaths per 100 live births	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2010s	7.54 deaths per 100 live births	7.35 deaths per 100 live births	0.1955 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi
2020s	6.09 deaths per 100 live births	5.91 deaths per 100 live births	0.1778 deaths per 100 live births	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Malawi or Zambia?: Malawi, at 5.93 deaths per 100 live births against 5.72 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Malawi and Zambia?: 0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Malawi ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 34th 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.