What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between South Asia and Sudan?

15.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Sudan?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Asia vs Sudan: Mortality rate, infant, female

South Asia

22.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

38.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia rank

23rd

Sudan rank

22nd

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

South Asia
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 38.4 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 15.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.7 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Asia ahead.

South Asia ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 22nd of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, South Asia averaged higher in 1 and Sudan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Asia	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	74.55 per 1,000 live births	72.84 per 1,000 live births	1.71 per 1,000 live births	South Asia
2000s	55.75 per 1,000 live births	56.43 per 1,000 live births	0.68 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2010s	36.42 per 1,000 live births	43.2 per 1,000 live births	6.78 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2020s	24.88 per 1,000 live births	37.2 per 1,000 live births	12.32 per 1,000 live births	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, South Asia or Sudan?: Sudan, at 38.4 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between South Asia and Sudan?: 15.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Sudan?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do South Asia and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: South Asia ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 22nd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.