Mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives
Maldives: Mortality rate, under-5 was 5.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives, 1962–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives stood at 5.4 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and down 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives peaked at 334.1 per 1,000 live births in 1962 and was at its lowest, 5.4 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 151st of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 301.68 per 1,000 live births | 268.4 per 1,000 live births | 334.1 per 1,000 live births | 8 |
| 1970s | 208.34 per 1,000 live births | 160 per 1,000 live births | 258.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 119.49 per 1,000 live births | 92 per 1,000 live births | 151.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.5 per 1,000 live births | 44.1 per 1,000 live births | 87 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.99 per 1,000 live births | 14.9 per 1,000 live births | 39.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.38 per 1,000 live births | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | 13.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.08 per 1,000 live births | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Maldives
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- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,583 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 4,323 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 3,653 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 100,832 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 16.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 4,311 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 23.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 4,063 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 3,578 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives?
- Mortality rate, under-5 in Maldives was 5.4 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, under-5 recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 334.1 per 1,000 live births in 1962.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for mortality rate, under-5?
- Maldives ranks 151st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, under-5 rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives 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, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.