# Child mortality rate: Malawi

4.88% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 64 years from 1961 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 4.88 |
| 2023 | 4.96 |
| 2022 | 5.01 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5.04 |
| 2019 | 5.13 |
| 2018 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 5.38 |
| 2016 | 5.58 |
| 2015 | 5.74 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6.29 |
| 2012 | 6.79 |
| 2011 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 8.01 |
| 2009 | 8.53 |
| 2008 | 9.1 |
| 2007 | 9.69 |
| 2006 | 10.27 |
| 2005 | 10.97 |
| 2004 | 11.87 |
| 2003 | 13 |
| 2002 | 14.32 |
| 2001 | 23.9 |
| 2000 | 17.1 |
| 1999 | 18.23 |
| 1998 | 19.12 |
| 1997 | 19.75 |
| 1996 | 20.26 |
| 1995 | 20.77 |
| 1994 | 21.47 |
| 1993 | 22.15 |
| 1992 | 22.88 |
| 1991 | 23.65 |
| 1990 | 24.35 |
| 1989 | 24.93 |
| 1988 | 25.32 |
| 1987 | 25.47 |
| 1986 | 25.4 |
| 1985 | 25.12 |
| 1984 | 24.77 |
| 1983 | 24.55 |
| 1982 | 24.62 |
| 1981 | 25.02 |
| 1980 | 25.69 |
| 1979 | 26.54 |
| 1978 | 27.53 |
| 1977 | 28.53 |
| 1976 | 29.5 |
| 1975 | 30.45 |
| 1974 | 31.37 |
| 1973 | 32.24 |
| 1972 | 33.01 |
| 1971 | 33.66 |
| 1970 | 34.17 |
| 1969 | 34.51 |
| 1968 | 34.7 |
| 1967 | 34.9 |
| 1966 | 35.06 |
| 1965 | 35.24 |
| 1964 | 35.35 |
| 1963 | 35.53 |
| 1962 | 35.69 |
| 1961 | 35.85 |

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