Ethiopia vs Malawi: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 4.9 per 100 live births in Malawi, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.1 times that in Ethiopia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Malawi has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Malawi ranked 30 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Ethiopia	Malawi	World
2024	4.5	4.9	3.7
2023	5.2	5	3.8
2022	6.8	5	4
2021	7	5	4
2020	5.2	5	3.9
2019	5.4	5.1	4
2018	5.6	5.2	4
2017	5.8	5.4	4.1
2016	6.1	5.6	4.2
2015	6.4	5.7	4.3
2014	6.8	6	4.4
2013	7.1	6.3	4.5
2012	7.5	6.8	4.7
2011	7.9	7.4	5
2010	8.3	8	5.1
2009	8.7	8.5	5.3
2008	9.2	9.1	5.5
2007	9.7	9.7	5.7
2006	10.2	10.3	6
2005	10.8	11	6.2
2004	11.5	11.9	6.6
2003	12.1	13	6.8
2002	12.7	14.3	7.1
2001	13.4	23.9	7.4
2000	14	17.1	7.7
1999	14.6	18.2	7.9
1998	15.3	19.1	8.3
1997	15.9	19.8	8.4
1996	16.6	20.3	8.6
1995	17.2	20.8	8.8
1994	17.9	21.5	8.9
1993	18.6	22.2	9.1
1992	19.2	22.9	9.2
1991	19.7	23.7	9.3
1990	20.2	24.4	9.4
1989	20.7	24.9	9.5
1988	21.1	25.3	10
1987	21.5	25.5	9.9
1986	30	25.4	10.3
1985	30.6	25.1	10.6
1984	31.7	24.8	10.9
1983	32.3	24.6	11.1
1982	23.6	24.6	11.2
1981	23.9	25	11.6
1980	24.2	25.7	11.9
1979	24.4	26.5	11.9
1978	24.6	27.5	12.3
1977	24.6	28.5	12.6
1976	24.7	29.5	12.8
1975	28.5	30.5	13.1
1974	28.6	31.4	13.3
1973	28.8	32.2	13.5
1972	28.9	33	13.7
1971	24.9	33.7	13.9
1970	25	34.2	14.2
1969	25	34.5	14.6
1968	25	34.7	15
1967	25.1	34.9	15.3
1966	25.1	35.1	15.1
1965	–	35.2	15.1
1964	–	35.4	15.7
1963	–	35.5	16.2
1962	–	35.7	17
1961	–	35.9	18.8
1960	–	–	20.2
1959	–	–	19.9
1958	–	–	19.7
1957	–	–	20.5
1956	–	–	21.3
1955	–	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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