Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained in Malawi
Malawi: Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained was 23.31 in 2030. β¬ Flat
Latest (2030)
23.31
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
23rd
of 200 countries
All-time high
23.56
in 2025
All-time low
23.31
in 2030
Years of data
6
2025β2030
Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained in Malawi, 2025β2030
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2030, neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Malawi stood at 23.31. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
That places Malawi 23rd out of 200 countries with data for 2030, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 23.46 | 23.36 | 23.56 | 5 |
| 2030s | 23.31 | 23.31 | 23.31 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 20 Mali 23.95 compare
- 21 Djibouti 23.63 compare
- 22 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23.37 compare
- 24 Equatorial Guinea 23.28 compare
- 25 Madagascar 22.65 compare
- 26 Cameroon 22.05 compare
More health data for Malawi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8368 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9312 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 856.3 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 6,399 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4881 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 193,780 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Malawi?
- Neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained in Malawi was 23.31 in 2030, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 23.56 in 2025.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.31 in 2030.
- How does Malawi rank for neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained?
- Malawi ranks 23rd out of 200 countries with data for 2030.
- Is neonatal mortality rate - current trends maintained rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained (projection). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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