# Under-five mortality rate in Maldives

Under-five mortality rate in Maldives was 5.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `mv`
- 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/maldives
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=mv

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6.4 |
| 2020 | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 7.4 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 9.2 |
| 2015 | 9.9 |
| 2014 | 10.6 |
| 2013 | 11.3 |
| 2012 | 12.1 |
| 2011 | 12.9 |
| 2010 | 13.8 |
| 2009 | 14.9 |
| 2008 | 16.1 |
| 2007 | 17.6 |
| 2006 | 19.4 |
| 2005 | 21.6 |
| 2004 | 27.2 |
| 2003 | 27.4 |
| 2002 | 31.1 |
| 2001 | 35.1 |
| 2000 | 39.5 |
| 1999 | 44.1 |
| 1998 | 48.8 |
| 1997 | 53.5 |
| 1996 | 58.3 |
| 1995 | 63.1 |
| 1994 | 68 |
| 1993 | 72.7 |
| 1992 | 77.4 |
| 1991 | 82.1 |
| 1990 | 87 |
| 1989 | 92 |
| 1988 | 97.2 |
| 1987 | 102.8 |
| 1986 | 108.7 |
| 1985 | 114.9 |
| 1984 | 121.3 |
| 1983 | 128.2 |
| 1982 | 135.4 |
| 1981 | 143.1 |
| 1980 | 151.3 |
| 1979 | 160 |
| 1978 | 169.5 |
| 1977 | 179.5 |
| 1976 | 190.2 |
| 1975 | 201.7 |
| 1974 | 213.5 |
| 1973 | 225.4 |
| 1972 | 237 |
| 1971 | 248.1 |
| 1970 | 258.5 |
| 1969 | 268.4 |
| 1968 | 278.1 |
| 1967 | 287.9 |
| 1966 | 297.4 |
| 1965 | 306.7 |
| 1964 | 315.8 |
| 1963 | 325 |
| 1962 | 334.1 |