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Under-five mortality rate in Malawi

The under-five mortality rate in Malawi was 48.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malawi, 2024 48.8 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.8per 1,000 live births 2023: 49.6 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 30th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Malawi over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period MalawiWorld
2024 48.8 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 49.6 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 50.1 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 50.0 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 50.4 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 51.3 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 52.0 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 53.8 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 55.8 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 57.4 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 60.0 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 62.9 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 67.9 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 74.0 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 80.1 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 85.3 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 91.0 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 96.9 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 102.7 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 109.7 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 118.7 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 130.0 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 143.2 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 239.0 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 171.0 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 from 49.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.0 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −11.2.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 30th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Malawi

All statistics for Malawi
Infant mortality rate 38.0 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 225 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 67.4 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 14.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 56.0 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 52 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Malawi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)