China vs Maldives: Number of child deaths per woman
China
0.0096 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Maldives
0.01 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
China rank
152nd
Maldives rank
150th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- China
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.01 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman in China, a difference of 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Maldives ahead.
China ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 150th of 200 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8433 under-five deaths per woman | 2.1 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.3746 under-five deaths per woman | 1.51 under-five deaths per woman | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.1507 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8342 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6835 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.0831 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3086 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2254 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.0419 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0602 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0183 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.0195 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0213 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.0097 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0109 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0012 under-five deaths per woman | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, China or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.01 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between China and Maldives?
- 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Maldives?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do China and Maldives rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- China ranks 152nd and Maldives ranks 150th 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
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).