Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Malaysia

Infant mortality rate in Malaysia in 2024 — 7 per 1,000. Ranked 59 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.8%.

2024 7 per 1,000 +1.45% vs 2023
World rank 59of 196
Period maximum 68.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 6.5 per 1,0002004

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Malaysia, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.3 per 1,0001962: 59.8 per 1,0001964: 53 per 1,0001966: 47.9 per 1,0001968: 44.1 per 1,0001970: 40.9 per 1,0001972: 37.3 per 1,0001974: 33.3 per 1,0001976: 29.4 per 1,0001978: 25.8 per 1,0001980: 22.5 per 1,0001982: 19.7 per 1,0001984: 17.2 per 1,0001986: 15.2 per 1,0001988: 13.7 per 1,0001990: 12.4 per 1,0001992: 11.3 per 1,0001994: 10.4 per 1,0001996: 9.7 per 1,0001998: 8.8 per 1,0002000: 7.5 per 1,0002002: 6.8 per 1,0002004: 6.5 per 1,0002006: 6.5 per 1,0002008: 6.5 per 1,0002010: 6.5 per 1,0002012: 6.5 per 1,0002014: 6.6 per 1,0002016: 6.7 per 1,0002018: 6.8 per 1,0002020: 6.8 per 1,0002022: 6.9 per 1,0002024: 7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −61.3 (−89.75%) Average annual rate: -3.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malaysia 7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 16.1 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 7 +0.1 +1.45%
2023 6.9 +0 +0%
2022 6.9 +0.1 +1.47%
2021 6.8 +0 +0%
2020 6.8 +0 +0%
2019 6.8 +0 +0%
2018 6.8 +0.1 +1.49%
2017 6.7 +0 +0%
2016 6.7 +0 +0%
2015 6.7 +0.1 +1.52%
2014 6.6 +0.1 +1.54%
2013 6.5 +0 +0%
2012 6.5 +0 +0%
2011 6.5 +0 +0%
2010 6.5 +0 +0%
2009 6.5 +0 +0%
2008 6.5 +0 +0%
2007 6.5 +0 +0%
2006 6.5 +0 +0%
2005 6.5 +0 +0%
2004 6.5 −0.1 −1.52%
2003 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
2002 6.8 −0.3 −4.23%
2001 7.1 −0.4 −5.33%
2000 7.5 −0.6 −7.41%
1999 8.1 −0.7 −7.95%
1998 8.8 −0.5 −5.38%
1997 9.3 −0.4 −4.12%
1996 9.7 −0.3 −3%
1995 10 −0.4 −3.85%
1994 10.4 −0.4 −3.7%
1993 10.8 −0.5 −4.42%
1992 11.3 −0.5 −4.24%
1991 11.8 −0.6 −4.84%
1990 12.4 −0.6 −4.62%
1989 13 −0.7 −5.11%
1988 13.7 −0.7 −4.86%
1987 14.4 −0.8 −5.26%
1986 15.2 −1 −6.17%
1985 16.2 −1 −5.81%
1984 17.2 −1.2 −6.52%
1983 18.4 −1.3 −6.6%
1982 19.7 −1.3 −6.19%
1981 21 −1.5 −6.67%
1980 22.5 −1.6 −6.64%
1979 24.1 −1.7 −6.59%
1978 25.8 −1.8 −6.52%
1977 27.6 −1.8 −6.12%
1976 29.4 −2 −6.37%
1975 31.4 −1.9 −5.71%
1974 33.3 −2.1 −5.93%
1973 35.4 −1.9 −5.09%
1972 37.3 −1.9 −4.85%
1971 39.2 −1.7 −4.16%
1970 40.9 −1.6 −3.76%
1969 42.5 −1.6 −3.63%
1968 44.1 −1.8 −3.92%
1967 45.9 −2 −4.18%
1966 47.9 −2.3 −4.58%
1965 50.2 −2.8 −5.28%
1964 53 −3.2 −5.69%
1963 56.2 −3.6 −6.02%
1962 59.8 −4.1 −6.42%
1961 63.9 −4.4 −6.44%
1960 68.3

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.