What is number of under-five deaths in Malawi?

Number of under-five deaths in Malawi was 32,177 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 121,200 in 2001.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 31,391 in 2020.

How does Malawi rank for number of under-five deaths?

Malawi ranks 33rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Number of under-five deaths in Malawi

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Malawi
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Malawi: Number of under-five deaths was 32,177 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

32,177

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

33rd

of 195 countries

All-time high

121,200

in 2001

All-time low

31,391

in 2020

Years of data

1966–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Malawi, 1966–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Malawi recorded 32,177 for number of under-five deaths in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Malawi peaked at 121,200 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 31,391, in 2020.

Malawi ranks 33rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	77,564	75,250	79,819	4
1970s	79,895	77,714	81,408	10
1980s	89,405	78,071	102,614	10
1990s	98,868	88,242	104,631	10
2000s	67,467	49,850	121,200	10
2010s	36,940	31,489	47,352	10
2020s	31,871	31,391	32,221	5

Countries ranked near Malawi

30 Benin 35,304 compare
31 Myanmar 33,151 compare
32 Zambia 32,949 compare
34 South Sudan 31,993 compare
35 Zimbabwe 31,802 compare
36 Ghana 31,720 compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Malawi?: Number of under-five deaths in Malawi was 32,177 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 121,200 in 2001.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 31,391 in 2020.
How does Malawi rank for number of under-five deaths?: Malawi ranks 33rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
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, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.