Health (v2.1)

Child mortality
Under five mortality rate
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

Under five 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 240 235 230 226 221 217 212 207 203 191 180 169 157 152 147 142 137 132 127 118 110 101 92.1 83.3 74.5 72.5 70.4 68.3 66.2 64.1 62.0 59.9
Blantyre 200 200 200 200 200
Blantyre 191 191 191 191 191 191 191 191 191
Blantyre 174 167 160 153 146 139 132 124 117 110 103 95.8 88.7 81.5 74.3 67.2 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.1 67.0 67.0 67.0
Kasungu 287 287 287 287 287
Kasungu 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207
Kasungu 222 212 202 192 183 173 163 153 143 133 121 109 96.7 84.6 72.5 60.4 55.6 50.9 46.1 41.4 36.6 31.8 27.1
Lilongwe 257 257 257 257 257
Lilongwe 193 193 193 193 193 193 193 193 193
Lilongwe 150 148 146 144 142 140 138 136 134 132 124 116 108 100 92.0 83.9 77.9 71.9 65.8 59.8 53.8 47.8 41.8
Machinga 246 246 246 246 246
Machinga 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 205
Machinga 132 131 130 129 129 128 127 127 126 125 118 111 103 96.0 88.7 81.4 77.6 73.7 69.8 65.9 62.0 58.1 54.2
Mangochi 210 210 210 210 210
Mangochi 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
Mangochi 181 176 171 166 161 156 151 146 141 136 125 115 104 93.9 83.5 73.1 74.9 76.6 78.4 80.2 82.0 83.7 85.5
Mulanje 216 216 216 216 216
Mulanje 227 227 227 227 227 227 227 227 227
Mulanje 253 242 232 221 210 200 189 179 168 157 148 139 130 121 112 103 93.3 83.9 74.5 65.1 55.7 46.4 37.0
Mzimba 206 206 206 206 206
Mzimba 181 181 181 181 181 181 181 181 181
Mzimba 103 106 109 112 115 118 122 125 128 131 118 105 91.7 78.6 65.6 52.5 54.7 56.9 59.1 61.3 63.5 65.8 68.0
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 262 262 262 262 262
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 189 182 175 167 160 153 145 138 131 123 117 110 104 96.9 90.3 83.6 79.6 75.5 71.4 67.4 63.3 59.2 55.1
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 197 197 197 197 197
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 150 143 135 128 121 114 106 99.0 91.7 84.4 80.7 77.0 73.2 69.5 65.8 62.0 57.3 52.5 47.7 43.0 38.2 33.5 28.7
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje) 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 220
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 218 213 208 203 198 192 187 182 177 172 167 162 157 153 149 145 141 138 134 124 114 105 95.1 85.4 75.7 75.1 74.5 73.9 73.3 72.6 72.0 71.4
Salima 245 245 245 245 245
Salima 239 239 239 239 239 239 239 239 239
Salima 156 155 154 154 153 153 152 151 151 150 138 127 115 104 91.9 80.3 78.9 77.5 76.1 74.7 73.3 71.9 70.5
Thyolo 265 265 265 265 265
Thyolo 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225
Thyolo 220 209 198 187 176 165 154 144 133 122 111 101 90.3 79.8 69.3 58.7 66.8 74.9 83.0 91.1 99.1 107 115
Zomba 276 276 276 276 276
Zomba 216 216 216 216 216 216 216 216 216
Zomba 149 148 146 144 142 141 139 137 136 134 121 107 93.9 80.5 67.1 53.8 57.0 60.2 63.4 66.6 69.9 73.1 76.3
Lighter numbers are estimates