# Under-five mortality rate in Malawi

Under-five mortality rate in Malawi was 48.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- 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, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/malawi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=mw

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 48.8 |
| 2023 | 49.6 |
| 2022 | 50.1 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2020 | 50.4 |
| 2019 | 51.3 |
| 2018 | 52 |
| 2017 | 53.8 |
| 2016 | 55.8 |
| 2015 | 57.4 |
| 2014 | 60 |
| 2013 | 62.9 |
| 2012 | 67.9 |
| 2011 | 74 |
| 2010 | 80.1 |
| 2009 | 85.3 |
| 2008 | 91 |
| 2007 | 96.9 |
| 2006 | 102.7 |
| 2005 | 109.7 |
| 2004 | 118.7 |
| 2003 | 130 |
| 2002 | 143.2 |
| 2001 | 239 |
| 2000 | 171 |
| 1999 | 182.3 |
| 1998 | 191.2 |
| 1997 | 197.5 |
| 1996 | 202.6 |
| 1995 | 207.7 |
| 1994 | 214.7 |
| 1993 | 221.5 |
| 1992 | 228.8 |
| 1991 | 236.5 |
| 1990 | 243.5 |
| 1989 | 249.3 |
| 1988 | 253.2 |
| 1987 | 254.7 |
| 1986 | 254 |
| 1985 | 251.2 |
| 1984 | 247.7 |
| 1983 | 245.5 |
| 1982 | 246.2 |
| 1981 | 250.2 |
| 1980 | 256.9 |
| 1979 | 265.4 |
| 1978 | 275.3 |
| 1977 | 285.3 |
| 1976 | 295 |
| 1975 | 304.5 |
| 1974 | 313.7 |
| 1973 | 322.4 |
| 1972 | 330.1 |
| 1971 | 336.6 |
| 1970 | 341.7 |
| 1969 | 345.1 |
| 1968 | 347 |
| 1967 | 349 |
| 1966 | 350.6 |
| 1965 | 352.4 |
| 1964 | 353.5 |
| 1963 | 355.3 |
| 1962 | 356.9 |
| 1961 | 358.5 |