Bahrain vs Malaysia: Number of child deaths per woman

Bahrain
0.0163 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Malaysia
0.0159 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Bahrain rank
132nd
Malaysia rank
133rd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Bahrain
  • Malaysia
00.511.52195019872024

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 0.0163 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0159 under-five deaths per woman in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 132nd and Malaysia ranks 133rd of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 7 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Malaysia Difference Ahead
1950s 1.83 under-five deaths per woman 0.7447 under-five deaths per woman 1.08 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
1960s 0.955 under-five deaths per woman 0.435 under-five deaths per woman 0.52 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
1970s 0.3101 under-five deaths per woman 0.2029 under-five deaths per woman 0.1072 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
1980s 0.1163 under-five deaths per woman 0.088 under-five deaths per woman 0.0283 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
1990s 0.0612 under-five deaths per woman 0.045 under-five deaths per woman 0.0161 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
2000s 0.0273 under-five deaths per woman 0.0213 under-five deaths per woman 0.006 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain
2010s 0.0163 under-five deaths per woman 0.0165 under-five deaths per woman 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman Malaysia
2020s 0.0156 under-five deaths per woman 0.0155 under-five deaths per woman 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Bahrain or Malaysia?
Bahrain, at 0.0163 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0159 under-five deaths per woman in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Bahrain and Malaysia?
0.0004 under-five deaths per woman, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Bahrain ranks 132nd and Malaysia ranks 133rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).