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Malawi — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Malawi, 1961–2024.
Latest value · 2024
38.0
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -76.8% since 1961
Infant mortality for Malawi was 38.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1961 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 165.9 in 1969. The lowest was 38.0 in 2018 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.29% per year.
Malawi ranks 29 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Malawi sits level with it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
38.0
First (1961)
163.8
Change
-76.8%
Highest
165.9
in 1969
Lowest
38.0
in 2018
Average
108.0
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.29%
Years of data
64
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2023 | 38.4 |
| 2022 | 38.6 |
| 2021 | 38.3 |
| 2020 | 38.2 |
| 2019 | 38.3 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2017 | 38.5 |
| 2016 | 39.1 |
| 2015 | 39.7 |
| 2014 | 41.1 |
| 2013 | 42.6 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.