Malawi vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Malawi and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.01 times that in Zambia.

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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 2022, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2024, Malawi ranked 30 and Zambia ranked 32 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	Malawi	Zambia	World
2024	4.9	4.8	3.7
2023	5	4.9	3.8
2022	5	5	4
2021	5	5	4
2020	5	5.3	3.9
2019	5.1	5.4	4
2018	5.2	5.5	4
2017	5.4	5.5	4.1
2016	5.6	5.7	4.2
2015	5.7	6	4.3
2014	6	6.3	4.4
2013	6.3	6.6	4.5
2012	6.8	6.9	4.7
2011	7.4	7.2	5
2010	8	7.4	5.1
2009	8.5	7.8	5.3
2008	9.1	8.4	5.5
2007	9.7	8.9	5.7
2006	10.3	9.5	6
2005	11	10.3	6.2
2004	11.9	11.2	6.6
2003	13	12.2	6.8
2002	14.3	13.3	7.1
2001	23.9	14.3	7.4
2000	17.1	15.2	7.7
1999	18.2	15.8	7.9
1998	19.1	16.3	8.3
1997	19.8	16.6	8.4
1996	20.3	16.9	8.6
1995	20.8	17.2	8.8
1994	21.5	17.6	8.9
1993	22.2	17.9	9.1
1992	22.9	18	9.2
1991	23.7	18.1	9.3
1990	24.4	18.1	9.4
1989	24.9	17.9	9.5
1988	25.3	17.7	10
1987	25.5	17.4	9.9
1986	25.4	17	10.3
1985	25.1	16.6	10.6
1984	24.8	16.2	10.9
1983	24.6	15.9	11.1
1982	24.6	15.7	11.2
1981	25	15.6	11.6
1980	25.7	15.5	11.9
1979	26.5	15.4	11.9
1978	27.5	15.4	12.3
1977	28.5	15.4	12.6
1976	29.5	15.4	12.8
1975	30.5	15.6	13.1
1974	31.4	16	13.3
1973	32.2	16.5	13.5
1972	33	17	13.7
1971	33.7	17.5	13.9
1970	34.2	18	14.2
1969	34.5	18.4	14.6
1968	34.7	18.6	15
1967	34.9	18.8	15.3
1966	35.1	18.9	15.1
1965	35.2	19	15.1
1964	35.4	19.2	15.7
1963	35.5	19.5	16.2
1962	35.7	19.8	17
1961	35.9	20.1	18.8
1960	–	20.5	20.2
1959	–	20.9	19.9
1958	–	21.3	19.7
1957	–	21.7	20.5
1956	–	22.1	21.3
1955	–	22.5	22.3
1954	–	22.9	22.8
1953	–	23.4	23.3
1952	–	23.8	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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