Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Malawi

Under-five mortality rate in Malawi in 2024 — 48.8 per 1,000. Ranked 167 in the world out of 196. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 86.4%.

2024 48.8 per 1,000 −1.61% vs 2023
World rank 167of 196
Period maximum 358.5 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 48.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1961–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Malawi, 1961–2024010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 358.5 per 1,0001963: 355.3 per 1,0001965: 352.4 per 1,0001967: 349 per 1,0001969: 345.1 per 1,0001971: 336.6 per 1,0001973: 322.4 per 1,0001975: 304.5 per 1,0001977: 285.3 per 1,0001979: 265.4 per 1,0001981: 250.2 per 1,0001983: 245.5 per 1,0001985: 251.2 per 1,0001987: 254.7 per 1,0001989: 249.3 per 1,0001991: 236.5 per 1,0001993: 221.5 per 1,0001995: 207.7 per 1,0001997: 197.5 per 1,0001999: 182.3 per 1,0002001: 239 per 1,0002003: 130 per 1,0002005: 109.7 per 1,0002007: 96.9 per 1,0002009: 85.3 per 1,0002011: 74 per 1,0002013: 62.9 per 1,0002015: 57.4 per 1,0002017: 53.8 per 1,0002019: 51.3 per 1,0002021: 50 per 1,0002023: 49.6 per 1,0002024: 48.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −309.7 (−86.39%) Average annual rate: -3.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 48.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 48.8 −0.8 −1.61%
2023 49.6 −0.5 −1%
2022 50.1 +0.1 +0.2%
2021 50 −0.4 −0.79%
2020 50.4 −0.9 −1.75%
2019 51.3 −0.7 −1.35%
2018 52 −1.8 −3.35%
2017 53.8 −2 −3.58%
2016 55.8 −1.6 −2.79%
2015 57.4 −2.6 −4.33%
2014 60 −2.9 −4.61%
2013 62.9 −5 −7.36%
2012 67.9 −6.1 −8.24%
2011 74 −6.1 −7.62%
2010 80.1 −5.2 −6.1%
2009 85.3 −5.7 −6.26%
2008 91 −5.9 −6.09%
2007 96.9 −5.8 −5.65%
2006 102.7 −7 −6.38%
2005 109.7 −9 −7.58%
2004 118.7 −11.3 −8.69%
2003 130 −13.2 −9.22%
2002 143.2 −95.8 −40.08%
2001 239 +68 +39.77%
2000 171 −11.3 −6.2%
1999 182.3 −8.9 −4.65%
1998 191.2 −6.3 −3.19%
1997 197.5 −5.1 −2.52%
1996 202.6 −5.1 −2.46%
1995 207.7 −7 −3.26%
1994 214.7 −6.8 −3.07%
1993 221.5 −7.3 −3.19%
1992 228.8 −7.7 −3.26%
1991 236.5 −7 −2.87%
1990 243.5 −5.8 −2.33%
1989 249.3 −3.9 −1.54%
1988 253.2 −1.5 −0.59%
1987 254.7 +0.7 +0.28%
1986 254 +2.8 +1.11%
1985 251.2 +3.5 +1.41%
1984 247.7 +2.2 +0.9%
1983 245.5 −0.7 −0.28%
1982 246.2 −4 −1.6%
1981 250.2 −6.7 −2.61%
1980 256.9 −8.5 −3.2%
1979 265.4 −9.9 −3.6%
1978 275.3 −10 −3.51%
1977 285.3 −9.7 −3.29%
1976 295 −9.5 −3.12%
1975 304.5 −9.2 −2.93%
1974 313.7 −8.7 −2.7%
1973 322.4 −7.7 −2.33%
1972 330.1 −6.5 −1.93%
1971 336.6 −5.1 −1.49%
1970 341.7 −3.4 −0.99%
1969 345.1 −1.9 −0.55%
1968 347 −2 −0.57%
1967 349 −1.6 −0.46%
1966 350.6 −1.8 −0.51%
1965 352.4 −1.1 −0.31%
1964 353.5 −1.8 −0.51%
1963 355.3 −1.6 −0.45%
1962 356.9 −1.6 −0.45%
1961 358.5

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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