Number of youth deaths in Malta
Malta: Number of youth deaths was 27 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Malta, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Malta recorded 27 deaths for number of youth deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Malta peaked at 73 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 27 deaths, in 2023.
Malta ranks 180th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Malta, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 73 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 69 deaths | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 66 deaths | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 63 deaths | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 57 deaths | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 53 deaths | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 52 deaths | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 51 deaths | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 48 deaths | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 44 deaths | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 42 deaths | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 39 deaths | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 36 deaths | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 35 deaths | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 34 deaths | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 33 deaths | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 32 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 32 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33 deaths | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 33 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 33 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 33 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 34 deaths | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 32 deaths | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 31 deaths | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 31 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32 deaths | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 31 deaths | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 30 deaths | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 30 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 30 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 29 deaths | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 28 deaths | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 27 deaths | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 27 deaths | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.6 deaths | 44 deaths | 73 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.9 deaths | 32 deaths | 42 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.7 deaths | 30 deaths | 34 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.2 deaths | 27 deaths | 30 deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 177 Dominica 28 deaths compare
- 177 Seychelles 28 deaths compare
- 177 Tonga 28 deaths compare
- 180 Marshall Islands 27 deaths compare
- 182 Montenegro 25 deaths compare
- 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 deaths compare
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
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- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0621 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Malta?
- Number of youth deaths in Malta was 27 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 73 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 deaths in 2023.
- How does Malta rank for number of youth deaths?
- Malta ranks 180th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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 Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.