Afghanistan vs Low & middle income: Mortality rate, infant, male
Afghanistan
52 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income
32.73 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
15th
Low & middle income rank
17th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Afghanistan
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 52 per 1,000 live births against 32.73 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 19.27 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 134.67 per 1,000 live births | 70.72 per 1,000 live births | 63.95 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 100.23 per 1,000 live births | 52.93 per 1,000 live births | 47.3 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 69.87 per 1,000 live births | 37.95 per 1,000 live births | 31.92 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 55.34 per 1,000 live births | 33.99 per 1,000 live births | 21.35 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Afghanistan or Low & middle income?
- Afghanistan, at 52 per 1,000 live births against 32.73 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Afghanistan and Low & middle income?
- 19.27 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Low & middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Afghanistan ranks 15th and Low & middle income ranks 17th 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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About this data
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.