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 114 114 114 114 114
Blantyre 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 107
Blantyre 99.8 96.5 93.1 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
Kasungu 134 134 134 134 134
Kasungu 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1 93.1
Kasungu 140 133 125 117 110 102 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
Lilongwe 126 126 126 126 126
Lilongwe 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5
Lilongwe 75.1 74.4 73.7 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
Machinga 161 161 161 161 161
Machinga 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118
Machinga 77.8 77.7 77.6 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
Mangochi 135 135 135 135 135
Mangochi 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116
Mangochi 116 112 108 104 101 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
Mulanje 153 153 153 153 153
Mulanje 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130
Mulanje 171 162 153 145 136 127 119 110 101 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
Mzimba 111 111 111 111 111
Mzimba 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105
Mzimba 76.6 77.6 78.6 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
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 136 136 136 136 136
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 central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 111 105 100 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 northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 130 130 130 130 130
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 northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 99.7 94.8 89.8 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 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 100 100 100 100 100
Salima 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133 133
Salima 80.8 81.9 82.9 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
Thyolo 182 182 182 182 182
Thyolo 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145
Thyolo 140 133 126 119 112 105 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
Zomba 172 172 172 172 172
Zomba 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151
Zomba 85.2 84.7 84.2 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
Lighter numbers are estimates