Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Malawi

Infant mortality rate in Malawi in 2024 — 38 per 1,000. Ranked 168 in the world out of 196. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 76.8%.

2024 38 per 1,000 −1.04% vs 2023
World rank 168of 196
Period maximum 165.9 per 1,0001969
Period minimum 38 per 1,0002018

Trend over time

1961–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Malawi, 1961–202405010015020019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 163.8 per 1,0001963: 164.5 per 1,0001965: 165.2 per 1,0001967: 165.7 per 1,0001969: 165.9 per 1,0001971: 163.6 per 1,0001973: 158.7 per 1,0001975: 151.8 per 1,0001977: 144.2 per 1,0001979: 136 per 1,0001981: 130 per 1,0001983: 129.5 per 1,0001985: 134.6 per 1,0001987: 138.3 per 1,0001989: 136.7 per 1,0001991: 130.5 per 1,0001993: 122.6 per 1,0001995: 115.8 per 1,0001997: 111.7 per 1,0001999: 104.5 per 1,0002001: 138.5 per 1,0002003: 76.4 per 1,0002005: 65.1 per 1,0002007: 59.1 per 1,0002009: 53.7 per 1,0002011: 48 per 1,0002013: 42.6 per 1,0002015: 39.7 per 1,0002017: 38.5 per 1,0002019: 38.3 per 1,0002021: 38.3 per 1,0002023: 38.4 per 1,0002024: 38 per 1,000
Change over the period: −125.8 (−76.8%) Average annual rate: -2.29 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 38 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 38 −0.4 −1.04%
2023 38.4 −0.2 −0.52%
2022 38.6 +0.3 +0.78%
2021 38.3 +0.1 +0.26%
2020 38.2 −0.1 −0.26%
2019 38.3 +0.3 +0.79%
2018 38 −0.5 −1.3%
2017 38.5 −0.6 −1.53%
2016 39.1 −0.6 −1.51%
2015 39.7 −1.4 −3.41%
2014 41.1 −1.5 −3.52%
2013 42.6 −2.5 −5.54%
2012 45.1 −2.9 −6.04%
2011 48 −3.5 −6.8%
2010 51.5 −2.2 −4.1%
2009 53.7 −2.3 −4.11%
2008 56 −3.1 −5.25%
2007 59.1 −2.5 −4.06%
2006 61.6 −3.5 −5.38%
2005 65.1 −5 −7.13%
2004 70.1 −6.3 −8.25%
2003 76.4 −7.4 −8.83%
2002 83.8 −54.7 −39.49%
2001 138.5 +39.6 +40.04%
2000 98.9 −5.6 −5.36%
1999 104.5 −4.5 −4.13%
1998 109 −2.7 −2.42%
1997 111.7 −1.9 −1.67%
1996 113.6 −2.2 −1.9%
1995 115.8 −3.3 −2.77%
1994 119.1 −3.5 −2.85%
1993 122.6 −3.8 −3.01%
1992 126.4 −4.1 −3.14%
1991 130.5 −3.5 −2.61%
1990 134 −2.7 −1.98%
1989 136.7 −1.7 −1.23%
1988 138.4 +0.1 +0.07%
1987 138.3 +1.2 +0.88%
1986 137.1 +2.5 +1.86%
1985 134.6 +2.9 +2.2%
1984 131.7 +2.2 +1.7%
1983 129.5 +0.6 +0.47%
1982 128.9 −1.1 −0.85%
1981 130 −2.5 −1.89%
1980 132.5 −3.5 −2.57%
1979 136 −4.1 −2.93%
1978 140.1 −4.1 −2.84%
1977 144.2 −3.9 −2.63%
1976 148.1 −3.7 −2.44%
1975 151.8 −3.6 −2.32%
1974 155.4 −3.3 −2.08%
1973 158.7 −2.7 −1.67%
1972 161.4 −2.2 −1.34%
1971 163.6 −1.5 −0.91%
1970 165.1 −0.8 −0.48%
1969 165.9 +0.2 +0.12%
1968 165.7 +0 +0%
1967 165.7 +0.3 +0.18%
1966 165.4 +0.2 +0.12%
1965 165.2 +0.5 +0.3%
1964 164.7 +0.2 +0.12%
1963 164.5 +0.4 +0.24%
1962 164.1 +0.3 +0.18%
1961 163.8

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.