Number of infant deaths in Malawi
Malawi: Number of infant deaths was 25,217 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Malawi, 1962–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of infant deaths in Malawi stood at 25,217.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Malawi peaked at 69,254 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 23,096, in 2018.
Malawi ranks 32nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,772 | 32,491 | 39,096 | 8 |
| 1970s | 40,642 | 39,742 | 41,220 | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,128 | 41,896 | 58,253 | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,027 | 51,155 | 59,917 | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,728 | 31,806 | 69,254 | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,431 | 23,096 | 30,753 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,690 | 23,947 | 25,217 | 5 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 281,167 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 273,176 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 276,241 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 276,497 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 278,971 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 279,081 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 283,499 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 284,911 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 283,873 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 272,702 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Malawi?
- Number of infant deaths in Malawi was 25,217 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 69,254 in 2001.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,096 in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for number of infant deaths?
- Malawi ranks 32nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.