What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Djibouti and South Asia?

23.2 per 1,000 live births, with Djibouti ahead.

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

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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Djibouti vs South Asia: Mortality rate, infant, male

Djibouti

46.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia

23.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Djibouti rank

23rd

South Asia rank

26th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

Djibouti
South Asia

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 46.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.7 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 23.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 2.0 times South Asia's.

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

Djibouti ranks 23rd and South Asia ranks 26th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	90.52 per 1,000 live births	77.93 per 1,000 live births	12.59 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2000s	78.62 per 1,000 live births	55.57 per 1,000 live births	23.05 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2010s	62.02 per 1,000 live births	36.27 per 1,000 live births	25.75 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2020s	49.96 per 1,000 live births	25.74 per 1,000 live births	24.22 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Djibouti or South Asia?: Djibouti, at 46.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.7 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Djibouti and South Asia?: 23.2 per 1,000 live births, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and South Asia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Djibouti and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?: Djibouti ranks 23rd and South Asia ranks 26th 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: 03 September 2026

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.