Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Maldives

Infant mortality rate in the Maldives in 2024 — 4.7 per 1,000. Ranked 46 in the world out of 196. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 98%.

2024 4.7 per 1,000 −6% vs 2023
World rank 46of 196
Period maximum 240 per 1,0001962
Period minimum 4.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1962–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Maldives, 1962–2024010020030019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 240 per 1,0001964: 230.4 per 1,0001966: 220.1 per 1,0001968: 208.7 per 1,0001970: 196.5 per 1,0001972: 182.4 per 1,0001974: 166.3 per 1,0001976: 149.8 per 1,0001978: 134.9 per 1,0001980: 121.6 per 1,0001982: 109.9 per 1,0001984: 99.4 per 1,0001986: 89.8 per 1,0001988: 80.9 per 1,0001990: 72.8 per 1,0001992: 65.2 per 1,0001994: 57.6 per 1,0001996: 49.6 per 1,0001998: 41.7 per 1,0002000: 33.8 per 1,0002002: 26.7 per 1,0002004: 21.9 per 1,0002006: 16.7 per 1,0002008: 13.9 per 1,0002010: 11.9 per 1,0002012: 10.4 per 1,0002014: 9.1 per 1,0002016: 8 per 1,0002018: 6.9 per 1,0002020: 6 per 1,0002022: 5.3 per 1,0002024: 4.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −235.3 (−98.04%) Average annual rate: -6.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Maldives 4.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
South Asia 23.2 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 26.1 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.7 −0.3 −6%
2023 5 −0.3 −5.66%
2022 5.3 −0.3 −5.36%
2021 5.6 −0.4 −6.67%
2020 6 −0.4 −6.25%
2019 6.4 −0.5 −7.25%
2018 6.9 −0.5 −6.76%
2017 7.4 −0.6 −7.5%
2016 8 −0.5 −5.88%
2015 8.5 −0.6 −6.59%
2014 9.1 −0.7 −7.14%
2013 9.8 −0.6 −5.77%
2012 10.4 −0.7 −6.31%
2011 11.1 −0.8 −6.72%
2010 11.9 −0.9 −7.03%
2009 12.8 −1.1 −7.91%
2008 13.9 −1.3 −8.55%
2007 15.2 −1.5 −8.98%
2006 16.7 −1.9 −10.22%
2005 18.6 −3.3 −15.07%
2004 21.9 −1.7 −7.2%
2003 23.6 −3.1 −11.61%
2002 26.7 −3.4 −11.3%
2001 30.1 −3.7 −10.95%
2000 33.8 −3.9 −10.34%
1999 37.7 −4 −9.59%
1998 41.7 −4 −8.75%
1997 45.7 −3.9 −7.86%
1996 49.6 −4 −7.46%
1995 53.6 −4 −6.94%
1994 57.6 −3.8 −6.19%
1993 61.4 −3.8 −5.83%
1992 65.2 −3.8 −5.51%
1991 69 −3.8 −5.22%
1990 72.8 −4 −5.21%
1989 76.8 −4.1 −5.07%
1988 80.9 −4.3 −5.05%
1987 85.2 −4.6 −5.12%
1986 89.8 −4.7 −4.97%
1985 94.5 −4.9 −4.93%
1984 99.4 −5.1 −4.88%
1983 104.5 −5.4 −4.91%
1982 109.9 −5.8 −5.01%
1981 115.7 −5.9 −4.85%
1980 121.6 −6.4 −5%
1979 128 −6.9 −5.11%
1978 134.9 −7.2 −5.07%
1977 142.1 −7.7 −5.14%
1976 149.8 −8.2 −5.19%
1975 158 −8.3 −4.99%
1974 166.3 −8.2 −4.7%
1973 174.5 −7.9 −4.33%
1972 182.4 −7.5 −3.95%
1971 189.9 −6.6 −3.36%
1970 196.5 −6.3 −3.11%
1969 202.8 −5.9 −2.83%
1968 208.7 −5.9 −2.75%
1967 214.6 −5.5 −2.5%
1966 220.1 −5.2 −2.31%
1965 225.3 −5.1 −2.21%
1964 230.4 −4.8 −2.04%
1963 235.2 −4.8 −2%
1962 240

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.