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Infant mortality rate — Malta

Infant mortality rate in Malta in 2024 — 4.7 per 1,000. Ranked 46 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.9%.

2024 4.7 per 1,000 −2.08% vs 2023
World rank 46of 196
Period maximum 35.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 4.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Malta, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.8 per 1,0001962: 33.4 per 1,0001964: 31.6 per 1,0001966: 29.6 per 1,0001968: 27.4 per 1,0001970: 24.9 per 1,0001972: 22.5 per 1,0001974: 20.2 per 1,0001976: 18 per 1,0001978: 16.3 per 1,0001980: 14.9 per 1,0001982: 13.8 per 1,0001984: 12.8 per 1,0001986: 11.7 per 1,0001988: 10.8 per 1,0001990: 10 per 1,0001992: 9.3 per 1,0001994: 8.6 per 1,0001996: 7.9 per 1,0001998: 7.2 per 1,0002000: 6.7 per 1,0002002: 6.3 per 1,0002004: 6.1 per 1,0002006: 6 per 1,0002008: 6 per 1,0002010: 6 per 1,0002012: 6 per 1,0002014: 5.9 per 1,0002016: 5.7 per 1,0002018: 5.5 per 1,0002020: 5.2 per 1,0002022: 5 per 1,0002024: 4.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −31.1 (−86.87%) Average annual rate: -3.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malta 4.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 2.9 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2023 4.8 −0.2 −4%
2022 5 −0.1 −1.96%
2021 5.1 −0.1 −1.92%
2020 5.2 −0.2 −3.7%
2019 5.4 −0.1 −1.82%
2018 5.5 −0.1 −1.79%
2017 5.6 −0.1 −1.75%
2016 5.7 −0.1 −1.72%
2015 5.8 −0.1 −1.69%
2014 5.9 +0 +0%
2013 5.9 −0.1 −1.67%
2012 6 +0 +0%
2011 6 +0 +0%
2010 6 +0 +0%
2009 6 +0 +0%
2008 6 +0 +0%
2007 6 +0 +0%
2006 6 −0.1 −1.64%
2005 6.1 +0 +0%
2004 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
2003 6.2 −0.1 −1.59%
2002 6.3 −0.2 −3.08%
2001 6.5 −0.2 −2.99%
2000 6.7 −0.2 −2.9%
1999 6.9 −0.3 −4.17%
1998 7.2 −0.4 −5.26%
1997 7.6 −0.3 −3.8%
1996 7.9 −0.4 −4.82%
1995 8.3 −0.3 −3.49%
1994 8.6 −0.4 −4.44%
1993 9 −0.3 −3.23%
1992 9.3 −0.3 −3.12%
1991 9.6 −0.4 −4%
1990 10 −0.4 −3.85%
1989 10.4 −0.4 −3.7%
1988 10.8 −0.5 −4.42%
1987 11.3 −0.4 −3.42%
1986 11.7 −0.6 −4.88%
1985 12.3 −0.5 −3.91%
1984 12.8 −0.5 −3.76%
1983 13.3 −0.5 −3.62%
1982 13.8 −0.6 −4.17%
1981 14.4 −0.5 −3.36%
1980 14.9 −0.7 −4.49%
1979 15.6 −0.7 −4.29%
1978 16.3 −0.8 −4.68%
1977 17.1 −0.9 −5%
1976 18 −1 −5.26%
1975 19 −1.2 −5.94%
1974 20.2 −1.1 −5.16%
1973 21.3 −1.2 −5.33%
1972 22.5 −1.2 −5.06%
1971 23.7 −1.2 −4.82%
1970 24.9 −1.3 −4.96%
1969 26.2 −1.2 −4.38%
1968 27.4 −1.2 −4.2%
1967 28.6 −1 −3.38%
1966 29.6 −1.1 −3.58%
1965 30.7 −0.9 −2.85%
1964 31.6 −0.9 −2.77%
1963 32.5 −0.9 −2.69%
1962 33.4 −1.1 −3.19%
1961 34.5 −1.3 −3.63%
1960 35.8 — —

Southern Europe, 2024

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

SM San Marino 1.2 SI Slovenia 1.8 ME Montenegro 1.9 MC Monaco 2.2 IT Italy 2.3 AD Andorra 2.4 MK North Macedonia 2.5 ES Spain 2.6 PT Portugal 2.7 GR Greece 3.2 HR Croatia 4.1 RS Serbia 4.6 MT Malta 4.7 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.5 XK Kosovo 8 AL Albania 8.3
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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.

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