Number of neonatal deaths in Malta
Malta: Number of neonatal deaths was 15 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Number of neonatal deaths in Malta, 1971–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Malta recorded 15 for number of neonatal deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal deaths in Malta peaked at 106 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2024.
Malta ranks 177th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 90.22 | 75 | 106 | 9 |
| 1980s | 55.8 | 46 | 69 | 10 |
| 1990s | 33 | 24 | 43 | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.1 | 18 | 23 | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.4 | 17 | 19 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4 | 15 | 18 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 174 North Macedonia 18 compare
- 175 Grenada 17 compare
- 175 Latvia 17 compare
- 177 Seychelles 15 compare
- 179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11 compare
- 180 Estonia 10 compare
- 180 Luxembourg 10 compare
- 180 Tonga 10 compare
More health data for Malta
- Population ages 15-64, female 178,666 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2,200 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2,458 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,233 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2,466 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 12.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 12.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 38,781 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 2,441 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of neonatal deaths in Malta?
- Number of neonatal deaths in Malta was 15 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 106 in 1971.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for number of neonatal deaths?
- Malta ranks 177th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal deaths rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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 neonatal deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.