Malaysia vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.8 per 100 live births in Malaysia and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 2.9 per 100 live births, or 4.45 times that in Malaysia.

Watch it change on the map

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

MalaysiaMyanmar (Burma)World

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
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	Malaysia	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2024	0.8	3.7	3.7
2023	0.8	3.8	3.8
2022	0.8	4	4
2021	0.8	4.1	4
2020	0.8	4.2	3.9
2019	0.8	4.4	4
2018	0.8	4.5	4
2017	0.8	4.7	4.1
2016	0.8	4.9	4.2
2015	0.8	5.1	4.3
2014	0.8	5.2	4.4
2013	0.8	5.5	4.5
2012	0.8	5.7	4.7
2011	0.8	6	5
2010	0.8	6.2	5.1
2009	0.8	6.5	5.3
2008	0.8	10.2	5.5
2007	0.8	7.1	5.7
2006	0.8	7.4	6
2005	0.8	7.6	6.2
2004	0.8	7.9	6.6
2003	0.9	8.2	6.8
2002	0.9	8.4	7.1
2001	0.9	8.7	7.4
2000	1	8.9	7.7
1999	1.1	9.1	7.9
1998	1.2	9.4	8.3
1997	1.2	9.6	8.4
1996	1.3	9.9	8.6
1995	1.3	10.2	8.8
1994	1.4	10.4	8.9
1993	1.4	10.7	9.1
1992	1.5	10.9	9.2
1991	1.6	11.2	9.3
1990	1.7	11.5	9.4
1989	1.7	11.7	9.5
1988	1.8	11.9	10
1987	1.9	12.2	9.9
1986	2.1	12.4	10.3
1985	2.2	12.6	10.6
1984	2.3	12.8	10.9
1983	2.5	13.1	11.1
1982	2.7	13.3	11.2
1981	2.8	13.6	11.6
1980	3	13.9	11.9
1979	3.3	14.2	11.9
1978	3.5	14.5	12.3
1977	3.7	14.8	12.6
1976	4	15.2	12.8
1975	4.2	15.6	13.1
1974	4.5	15.9	13.3
1973	4.8	16.3	13.5
1972	5.1	16.6	13.7
1971	5.3	17	13.9
1970	5.6	17.3	14.2
1969	5.8	17.6	14.6
1968	6	18	15
1967	6.3	–	15.3
1966	6.6	–	15.1
1965	6.9	–	15.1
1964	7.3	–	15.7
1963	7.8	–	16.2
1962	8.3	–	17
1961	8.9	–	18.8
1960	9.5	27.5	20.2
1959	10.2	–	19.9
1958	10.9	–	19.7
1957	11.5	–	20.5
1956	12.2	–	21.3
1955	12.9	–	22.3
1954	13.7	–	22.8
1953	14.4	–	23.3
1952	15.3	–	23.9
1951	16.2	–	24.3
1950	17.1	–	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

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time