Kiribati vs Malawi: Number of child deaths per woman
Kiribati
0.1779 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Malawi
0.1976 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kiribati rank
31st
Malawi rank
29th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Kiribati
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1779 under-five deaths per woman in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Kiribati ranks 31st and Malawi ranks 29th of 200 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 2.52 under-five deaths per woman | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.659 under-five deaths per woman | 2.27 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.5317 under-five deaths per woman | 1.83 under-five deaths per woman | 1.3 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.3463 under-five deaths per woman | 1.38 under-five deaths per woman | 1.03 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.2363 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7575 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5211 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.2102 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2859 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.1874 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2017 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Kiribati or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1779 under-five deaths per woman in Kiribati as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Kiribati and Malawi?
- 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Malawi rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Kiribati ranks 31st and Malawi ranks 29th 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).