Afghanistan vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, infant, male

Afghanistan
52 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
52.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
15th
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 52.4 per 1,000 live births against 52 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 15th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 190.18 per 1,000 live births 131.36 per 1,000 live births 58.81 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1990s 134.67 per 1,000 live births 123.66 per 1,000 live births 11.01 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2000s 100.23 per 1,000 live births 99.51 per 1,000 live births 0.72 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2010s 69.87 per 1,000 live births 70.25 per 1,000 live births 0.38 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea
2020s 55.34 per 1,000 live births 55.68 per 1,000 live births 0.34 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Afghanistan or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 52.4 per 1,000 live births against 52 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea?
0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (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, male (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

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