Mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi
Malawi: Mortality rate, neonatal was 23.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi, 1969–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi is 23.6 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi peaked at 70 per 1,000 live births in 1969 and was at its lowest, 23.6 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 27th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70 per 1,000 live births | 70 per 1,000 live births | 70 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1970s | 63.46 per 1,000 live births | 57.6 per 1,000 live births | 69.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.81 per 1,000 live births | 50.9 per 1,000 live births | 56.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.98 per 1,000 live births | 39.9 per 1,000 live births | 49.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.29 per 1,000 live births | 27.3 per 1,000 live births | 37.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.66 per 1,000 live births | 23.8 per 1,000 live births | 26.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8 per 1,000 live births | 23.6 per 1,000 live births | 23.9 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 24 Cameroon 24.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 23.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 26 Sudan 23.7 per 1,000 live births compare
- 27 Democratic Republic of Congo 23.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 29 Madagascar 23.1 per 1,000 live births compare
- 30 Gambia 23 per 1,000 live births compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Malawi was 23.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 70 per 1,000 live births in 1969.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Malawi ranks 27th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.