Key Market Indicators
Child mortality in Malaysia is expected to reach 4,620 deaths by 2026, growing at a 0.2% year-on-year average rate since 1965. This puts the country in 73rd place in 2021, with Lesotho having overtaken it with 4,560 deaths. India, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked second, third and fourth respectively. Immunisation coverage for children aged 12-23 months in Malaysia in 2021 stayed the same as 2020 at 99%. This is a 0.8 point increase since 1985. The country came in sixth place in 2021, with Cuba having overtaken it with 99%. Greece, Mongolia and Latvia ranked second, third and fourth respectively.
