Maldives - Infant Mortality Rate 2005
18.6
−3.2 from 2004
Maldives's infant mortality rate was 18.6 in 2005, decreased +3.2 from 21.8 in 2004. This was the 88th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Singapore | 2.3 | -4.2% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 2.4 | -7.7% |
| 3rd | Japan | 2.7 | -3.6% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 2.9 | -6.5% |
| 5th | Finland | 3.0 | -3.2% |
| 6th | Sweden | 3.0 | -3.2% |
| 7th | Norway | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 8th | France | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 9th | Czechia | 3.5 | -5.4% |
| 10th | San Marino | 3.5 | -5.4% |
| 11th | Slovenia | 3.5 | -5.4% |
| 12th | Monaco | 3.7 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Portugal | 3.7 | -5.1% |
| 14th | Spain | 3.8 | -2.6% |
| 15th | Italy | 3.8 | -2.6% |
| 16th | Cyprus | 3.9 | -9.3% |
| 17th | Germany | 3.9 | -2.5% |
| 18th | Greece | 3.9 | -4.9% |
| 19th | Austria | 4.1 | -2.4% |
| 20th | Belgium | 4.1 | -2.4% |
| 21st | Denmark | 4.1 | -2.4% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 4.3 | -2.3% |
| 23rd | Ireland | 4.4 | -6.4% |
| 24th | Korea | 4.4 | -6.4% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 4.4 | -4.3% |
| 26th | Israel | 4.5 | -4.3% |
| 27th | Australia | 4.8 | 0.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 4.9 | -3.4% |
| 29th | United Kingdom | 5.1 | -1.9% |
| 30th | Canada | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 31st | Andorra | 5.4 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 5.5 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Cuba | 5.6 | -3.4% |
| 34th | Estonia | 5.6 | -9.7% |
| 35th | Croatia | 5.8 | -4.9% |
| 36th | Malta | 6.1 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.3 | -4.5% |
| 38th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.4 | -3.0% |
| 39th | Hungary | 6.4 | -5.9% |
| 40th | Malaysia | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 41st | Poland | 6.5 | -3.0% |
| 42nd | Belarus | 6.7 | -6.9% |
| 43rd | United States | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 6.9 | -2.8% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 7.3 | -2.7% |
| 46th | United Arab Emirates | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 47th | Chile | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 48th | Brunei Darussalam | 7.8 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Serbia | 7.8 | -7.1% |
| 50th | Latvia | 8.6 | -6.5% |
| 51st | Qatar | 8.7 | -3.3% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 53rd | Montenegro | 9.3 | -7.9% |
| 54th | Costa Rica | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 55th | Kuwait | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 56th | Oman | 10.4 | -3.7% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.8 | -1.8% |
| 58th | Bulgaria | 11.0 | -6.8% |
| 59th | Russian Federation | 11.0 | -7.6% |
| 60th | Sri Lanka | 11.2 | -32.9% |
| 61st | Tonga | 12.0 | -3.2% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 12.1 | 0.8% |
| 63rd | North Macedonia | 12.2 | -3.2% |
| 64th | Uruguay | 12.4 | -5.3% |
| 65th | Grenada | 13.0 | 0.8% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 13.4 | -5.0% |
| 67th | Albania | 13.5 | -6.3% |
| 68th | Barbados | 13.5 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 13.6 | -1.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 13.9 | -0.7% |
| 71st | Ukraine | 14.0 | -4.1% |
| 72nd | Argentina | 14.4 | -3.4% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 14.5 | 0.7% |
| 74th | Saudi Arabia | 14.6 | -5.8% |
| 75th | Thailand | 14.8 | -3.9% |
| 76th | Samoa | 15.0 | -0.7% |
| 77th | Romania | 15.5 | -6.1% |
| 78th | St. Lucia | 16.0 | 0.0% |
| 79th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.8 | -2.9% |
| 80th | Belize | 17.1 | -2.3% |
| 81st | Panama | 17.2 | -3.4% |
| 82nd | Fiji | 17.3 | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Jamaica | 17.8 | -0.6% |
| 84th | Libya | 17.9 | -4.8% |
| 85th | Moldova | 18.0 | -6.7% |
| 86th | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.1 | -2.2% |
| 87th | Viet Nam | 18.1 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Maldives | 18.6 | -14.7% |
| 89th | Palau | 18.6 | -3.6% |
| 90th | Colombia | 18.8 | -2.6% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 18.9 | -3.6% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 19.0 | 2.7% |
| 93rd | Georgia | 19.2 | -9.4% |
| 94th | Mexico | 19.2 | -4.0% |
| 95th | China | 19.4 | -8.9% |
| 96th | Ecuador | 19.5 | -3.9% |
| 97th | Jordan | 19.7 | -3.0% |
| 98th | Vanuatu | 19.8 | -1.5% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.0 | 0.5% |
| 100th | El Salvador | 20.1 | -5.2% |
| 101st | Brazil | 21.0 | -6.2% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 21.1 | -7.5% |
| 103rd | Armenia | 21.3 | -5.3% |
| 104th | Peru | 21.4 | -5.7% |
| 105th | Solomon Islands | 22.3 | -0.9% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | 22.6 | -3.0% |
| 107th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.3 | -6.0% |
| 108th | Nicaragua | 23.6 | -5.2% |
| 109th | Suriname | 23.7 | -2.5% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 23.9 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Honduras | 24.1 | -4.0% |
| 112th | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.3 | -1.6% |
| 113th | Philippines | 25.0 | -2.0% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 25.8 | -2.3% |
| 115th | Kazakhstan | 26.0 | -6.8% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 26.3 | -1.9% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 27.7 | -8.6% |
| 118th | Algeria | 29.0 | -3.7% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 31.2 | -1.0% |
| 120th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 31.2 | -4.3% |
| 121st | Nauru | 31.2 | -3.4% |
| 122nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 31.5 | -0.3% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 31.5 | -8.4% |
| 124th | Tuvalu | 32.1 | -2.4% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 33.2 | -9.5% |
| 126th | Marshall Islands | 33.3 | -0.6% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 34.0 | -3.7% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.1 | -4.5% |
| 129th | São Tomé and Principe | 34.9 | -7.7% |
| 130th | Iraq | 35.0 | -2.0% |
| 131st | Morocco | 36.7 | -4.7% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 37.2 | -1.8% |
| 133rd | Namibia | 38.4 | -7.5% |
| 134th | Azerbaijan | 41.4 | -7.0% |
| 135th | Tajikistan | 41.4 | -7.6% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 41.7 | -6.7% |
| 137th | Botswana | 43.0 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Turkmenistan | 43.0 | -5.9% |
| 139th | Eritrea | 43.3 | -2.9% |
| 140th | Bhutan | 44.1 | -6.6% |
| 141st | Gabon | 44.4 | -2.6% |
| 142nd | Kiribati | 44.4 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 45.7 | -5.2% |
| 144th | Bangladesh | 46.0 | -5.0% |
| 145th | South Africa | 47.9 | -2.2% |
| 146th | Nepal | 48.8 | -4.1% |
| 147th | Kenya | 49.4 | -5.9% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 51.4 | -1.9% |
| 149th | Mauritania | 51.8 | -5.8% |
| 150th | Ghana | 53.4 | -2.6% |
| 151st | Senegal | 53.5 | -7.0% |
| 152nd | Madagascar | 54.2 | -3.6% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | 54.5 | -8.1% |
| 154th | Comoros | 54.6 | -3.4% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 56.3 | -7.1% |
| 156th | India | 56.7 | -3.2% |
| 157th | Yemen, Republic of | 58.7 | -5.2% |
| 158th | Togo | 61.0 | -2.9% |
| 159th | Zambia | 61.2 | -8.2% |
| 160th | Gambia, The | 61.6 | -3.4% |
| 161st | Haiti | 61.7 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Tanzania | 62.3 | -6.2% |
| 163rd | Rwanda | 63.9 | -10.1% |
| 164th | Myanmar | 65.0 | -2.8% |
| 165th | Malawi | 65.1 | -7.3% |
| 166th | Timor-Leste | 65.3 | -4.9% |
| 167th | Zimbabwe | 66.6 | 3.7% |
| 168th | Sudan | 66.8 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Uganda | 67.0 | -6.6% |
| 170th | Benin | 70.9 | -2.2% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 72.7 | -3.8% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | 73.3 | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 73.3 | -2.1% |
| 174th | Burundi | 73.4 | -4.8% |
| 175th | Eswatini | 74.7 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 78.6 | -3.3% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.2 | -3.1% |
| 178th | Mozambique | 80.2 | -5.2% |
| 179th | Burkina Faso | 80.3 | -3.5% |
| 180th | Pakistan | 80.4 | -1.7% |
| 181st | Guinea | 81.4 | -2.9% |
| 182nd | Lesotho | 81.4 | 1.5% |
| 183rd | Nigeria | 83.7 | -3.1% |
| 184th | Niger | 84.8 | -5.0% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 85.0 | -3.7% |
| 186th | Mali | 87.8 | -3.0% |
| 187th | Liberia | 87.9 | -6.4% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | 90.5 | -2.3% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 90.6 | -3.5% |
| 190th | Chad | 93.0 | -1.9% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 93.7 | -3.6% |
| 192nd | Angola | 94.4 | -4.9% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 96.6 | -4.2% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 104.2 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | 109.3 | -2.8% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's infant mortality rate in 2005?▾
Maldives's infant mortality rate in 2005 was 18.6. This ranked 88th globally.
How did Maldives's infant mortality rate change in 2005?▾
Maldives's infant mortality rate decreased by 14.7% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2005?▾
Sierra Leone had the highest infant mortality rate in 2005 at 109.3.
What is the infant mortality rate of Maldives in 2005?▾
The infant mortality rate of Maldives in 2005 was 18.6. This ranked 88th globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Maldives's infant mortality rate?▾
Maldives's infant mortality rate went from 21.8 in 2004 to 18.6 in 2005, a 14.7% decrease.
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