# Infant mortality rate in Malawi

Infant mortality rate in Malawi was 38 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/malawi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=mw

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2023 | 38.4 |
| 2022 | 38.6 |
| 2021 | 38.3 |
| 2020 | 38.2 |
| 2019 | 38.3 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2017 | 38.5 |
| 2016 | 39.1 |
| 2015 | 39.7 |
| 2014 | 41.1 |
| 2013 | 42.6 |
| 2012 | 45.1 |
| 2011 | 48 |
| 2010 | 51.5 |
| 2009 | 53.7 |
| 2008 | 56 |
| 2007 | 59.1 |
| 2006 | 61.6 |
| 2005 | 65.1 |
| 2004 | 70.1 |
| 2003 | 76.4 |
| 2002 | 83.8 |
| 2001 | 138.5 |
| 2000 | 98.9 |
| 1999 | 104.5 |
| 1998 | 109 |
| 1997 | 111.7 |
| 1996 | 113.6 |
| 1995 | 115.8 |
| 1994 | 119.1 |
| 1993 | 122.6 |
| 1992 | 126.4 |
| 1991 | 130.5 |
| 1990 | 134 |
| 1989 | 136.7 |
| 1988 | 138.4 |
| 1987 | 138.3 |
| 1986 | 137.1 |
| 1985 | 134.6 |
| 1984 | 131.7 |
| 1983 | 129.5 |
| 1982 | 128.9 |
| 1981 | 130 |
| 1980 | 132.5 |
| 1979 | 136 |
| 1978 | 140.1 |
| 1977 | 144.2 |
| 1976 | 148.1 |
| 1975 | 151.8 |
| 1974 | 155.4 |
| 1973 | 158.7 |
| 1972 | 161.4 |
| 1971 | 163.6 |
| 1970 | 165.1 |
| 1969 | 165.9 |
| 1968 | 165.7 |
| 1967 | 165.7 |
| 1966 | 165.4 |
| 1965 | 165.2 |
| 1964 | 164.7 |
| 1963 | 164.5 |
| 1962 | 164.1 |
| 1961 | 163.8 |