Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Afghanistan
5.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mozambique
6.01 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
25th
Mozambique rank
22nd

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Mozambique
510152025199020072024

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 6.01 deaths per 100 live births against 5.51 deaths per 100 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.5 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Mozambique has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 25th and Mozambique ranks 22nd of 106 countries.

Mozambique has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Mozambique Difference Ahead
1990s 16.65 deaths per 100 live births 21.81 deaths per 100 live births 5.17 deaths per 100 live births Mozambique
2000s 11.84 deaths per 100 live births 13.48 deaths per 100 live births 1.65 deaths per 100 live births Mozambique
2010s 7.8 deaths per 100 live births 8.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.3486 deaths per 100 live births Mozambique
2020s 5.93 deaths per 100 live births 6.45 deaths per 100 live births 0.5215 deaths per 100 live births Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Afghanistan or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 6.01 deaths per 100 live births against 5.51 deaths per 100 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Afghanistan and Mozambique?
0.5 deaths per 100 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mozambique?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Mozambique rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Mozambique ranks 22nd of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Child mortality rate by household wealth. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-under-five-death-rate-by-wealth-group/afghanistan/mozambique/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-under-five-death-rate-by-wealth-group/afghanistan/mozambique/">Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Child mortality rate by household wealth</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.