Health (v2.1)

Child mortality
Infant mortality rate
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

Infant mortality rate

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 136 133 130 127 124 121 118 116 113 108 103 97.6 92.6 89.4 86.2 83.0 79.7 76.5 73.3 68.8 64.3 59.8 55.3 50.8 46.3 48.2 50.1 51.9 53.8 55.7 57.6 59.5
Blantyre 114 112 110 108 106 104 102 99.9 97.9 95.9 93.8 91.8 89.8 86.4 83.1 79.7 76.4 73.0 69.7 65.9 62.1 58.3 54.5 50.7 47.0 48.8 50.7 52.6 54.5 56.3 58.2 60.1
Blantyre 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107
Kasungu 134 133 132 130 129 127 126 125 123 122 120 119 117 110 102 94.7 87.1 79.5 71.9 67.3 62.6 58.0 53.3 48.7 44.0 41.8 39.6 37.4 35.2 33.0 30.8 28.6
Kasungu 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1
Lilongwe 126 122 117 113 108 104 99.6 95.2 90.7 86.3 81.9 77.4 73.0 72.3 71.6 70.9 70.2 69.5 68.8 65.7 62.5 59.4 56.2 53.1 49.9 49.8 49.6 49.5 49.4 49.2 49.1 48.9
Lilongwe 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5
Machinga 161 154 147 140 133 126 119 112 105 98.5 91.5 84.5 77.5 77.4 77.4 77.3 77.2 77.1 77.0 71.8 66.6 61.5 56.3 51.1 45.9 47.9 49.8 51.7 53.6 55.5 57.5 59.4
Machinga 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118
Mangochi 135 132 130 127 125 122 120 117 115 112 109 107 104 101 96.8 93.0 89.2 85.4 81.6 74.4 67.1 59.9 52.7 45.5 38.3 44.5 50.7 56.9 63.1 69.3 75.5 81.7
Mangochi 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116
Mulanje 153 153 152 151 150 150 149 148 148 147 146 145 145 136 127 119 110 101 92.5 87.3 82.0 76.7 71.4 66.1 60.8 58.8 56.9 54.9 53.0 51.0 49.1 47.1
Mulanje 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130
Mzimba 111 108 106 103 101 97.9 95.3 92.7 90.1 87.4 84.8 82.2 79.5 80.5 81.5 82.5 83.4 84.4 85.4 76.3 67.3 58.2 49.2 40.1 31.1 35.9 40.8 45.6 50.4 55.3 60.1 65.0
Mzimba 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 136 133 129 126 122 119 115 112 109 105 102 98.2 94.8 89.6 84.3 79.1 73.8 68.6 63.3 61.3 59.4 57.4 55.4 53.4 51.4 52.2 52.9 53.7 54.5 55.2 56.0 56.7
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.3
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 130 127 123 119 115 111 108 104 100 96.2 92.4 88.6 84.9 79.9 75.0 70.0 65.1 60.1 55.2 53.1 51.1 49.1 47.1 45.1 43.0 41.4 39.8 38.2 36.6 35.0 33.3 31.7
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje) 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 121 118 116 113 110 108 105 102 99.5 96.8 94.1 91.4 88.7 87.2 85.7 84.1 82.6 81.1 79.6 74.6 69.6 64.7 59.7 54.7 49.8 52.0 54.2 56.4 58.6 60.8 63.0 65.2
Salima 100 99.0 97.6 96.2 94.9 93.5 92.2 90.8 89.5 88.1 86.8 85.4 84.0 85.1 86.2 87.3 88.4 89.5 90.6 83.1 75.7 68.2 60.8 53.3 45.9 49.2 52.6 55.9 59.2 62.6 65.9 69.3
Salima 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133
Thyolo 182 177 172 167 161 156 151 145 140 135 129 124 119 112 105 98.0 91.1 84.2 77.3 70.8 64.3 57.8 51.3 44.8 38.3 46.0 53.7 61.4 69.1 76.8 84.5 92.2
Thyolo 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145
Zomba 172 165 157 150 143 135 128 121 113 106 98.5 91.1 83.8 83.3 82.8 82.3 81.8 81.4 80.9 73.3 65.8 58.2 50.6 43.1 35.5 40.1 44.6 49.2 53.7 58.3 62.9 67.4
Zomba 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151
Lighter numbers are estimates