What is child mortality rate in Maldives?

Child mortality rate in Maldives was 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Maldives?

The highest recorded value was 33.41 deaths per 100 live births in 1962.

What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Maldives?

The lowest recorded value was 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Maldives rank for child mortality rate?

Maldives ranks 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Maldives?

Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Maldives data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality rate in Maldives

Name: Child mortality rate in Maldives
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Maldives: Child mortality rate was 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.5439 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 4.8%

World rank

155th

of 199 countries

All-time high

33.41 deaths per 100 live births

in 1962

All-time low

0.5439 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1962–2024

Child mortality rate in Maldives, 1962–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 48.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Maldives peaked at 33.41 deaths per 100 live births in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Maldives 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	30.17 deaths per 100 live births	26.84 deaths per 100 live births	33.41 deaths per 100 live births	8
1970s	20.83 deaths per 100 live births	16 deaths per 100 live births	25.85 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	11.95 deaths per 100 live births	9.2 deaths per 100 live births	15.13 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	6.55 deaths per 100 live births	4.41 deaths per 100 live births	8.7 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	2.5 deaths per 100 live births	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	3.95 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	0.7401 deaths per 100 live births	1.38 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.6097 deaths per 100 live births	0.5439 deaths per 100 live births	0.6879 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Maldives

152 China 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births compare
153 Croatia 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births compare
154 Anguilla 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births compare
156 Canada 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births compare
157 Serbia 0.5408 deaths per 100 live births compare
158 Malta 0.5335 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 4,798 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 2,708 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 4,126 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 2,593 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 3,640 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 2,534 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality rate in Maldives?: Child mortality rate in Maldives was 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Maldives?: The highest recorded value was 33.41 deaths per 100 live births in 1962.
What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Maldives?: The lowest recorded value was 0.5439 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Maldives rank for child mortality rate?: Maldives ranks 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Maldives?: Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Maldives data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child 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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .