Number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives
Maldives: Number of under-five deaths, male was 17 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives, 1967–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 17 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and down 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives peaked at 809 in 1967 and was at its lowest, 17, in 2024.
That places Maldives 175th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 809 | — |
| 1968 | 799 | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 787 | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 776 | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 763 | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 745 | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 727 | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 709 | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 688 | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 667 | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 648 | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 633 | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 616 | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 600 | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 586 | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 572 | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 560 | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 549 | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 537 | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 523 | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 506 | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 487 | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 465 | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 441 | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 412 | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 382 | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 349 | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 317 | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 282 | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 245 | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 211 | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 180 | -14.7% |
| 1999 | 154 | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 130 | -15.6% |
| 2001 | 111 | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 97 | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 85 | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 83 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 68 | -18.1% |
| 2006 | 63 | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 61 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 60 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 57 | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 54 | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 51 | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 48 | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 45 | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 40 | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 36 | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 32 | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 29 | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 26 | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 23 | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 22 | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 20 | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 17 | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 798.33 | 787 | 809 | 3 |
| 1970s | 697.2 | 616 | 776 | 10 |
| 1980s | 538.5 | 465 | 600 | 10 |
| 1990s | 297.3 | 154 | 441 | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.8 | 60 | 130 | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.8 | 26 | 57 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2 | 17 | 23 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4,691 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Maldives was 17 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 809 in 1967.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Maldives ranks 175th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 58 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Number of male children dying before reaching age five.