Malawi vs Namibia: Mortality rate, infant

Malawi

38 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia

36.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

29th

Namibia rank

30th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Malawi currently reports 38 per 1,000 live births against 36.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 29th and Namibia ranks 30th of 195 countries.

Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.