Maldives — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Maldives, 1962–2024.
Infant mortality for Maldives was 4.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 63 years, from 1962 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 240.0 in 1962. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.15% per year.
Maldives ranks 151 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for South Asia is 22.2, so Maldives sits below it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 98% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 48%. Within South Asia it ranks 6 of 6 economies; Sri Lanka (5.2) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 15% in 2005. That is 29% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 3rd of 133 in 1962 → 5th of 155 in 1970 → 26th of 179 in 1980 → 54th of 196 in 1990 → 81st of 196 in 2000 → 128th of 196 in 2010 → 141st of 196 in 2020 → 151st of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.7 | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 5.3 | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 5.6 | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 6 | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 6.4 | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 6.9 | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 7.4 | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 8 | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 8.5 | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 9.1 | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 9.8 | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 10.4 | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 11.9 | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 12.8 | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 13.9 | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 15.2 | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 16.7 | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 18.6 | -15.1% |
| 2004 | 21.9 | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 23.6 | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 26.7 | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 30.1 | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 33.8 | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 37.7 | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 41.7 | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 45.7 | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 49.6 | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 53.6 | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 57.6 | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 61.4 | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 65.2 | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 69 | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 72.8 | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 76.8 | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 80.9 | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 85.2 | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 89.8 | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 94.5 | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 99.4 | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 104.5 | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 109.9 | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 115.7 | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 121.6 | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 128 | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 134.9 | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 142.1 | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 149.8 | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 158 | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 166.3 | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 174.5 | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 182.4 | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 189.9 | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 196.5 | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 202.8 | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 208.7 | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 214.6 | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 220.1 | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 225.3 | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 230.4 | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 235.2 | -2.0% |
| 1962 | 240 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s Infant mortality in 1963?
235.2 (1963). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Maldives’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Maldives’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -98.0% in total — about 6.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 4.7; 2023: 5; 2022: 5.3; 2021: 5.6; 2020: 6. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.