What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Afghanistan and IDA only?

8.82 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and IDA only?

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

Afghanistan vs IDA only: Mortality rate, infant

Afghanistan

48.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA only

39.48 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

13th

IDA only rank

12th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Afghanistan
IDA only

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 48.3 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only, a difference of 8.82 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times IDA only's.

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

Afghanistan ranks 13th and IDA only ranks 12th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	IDA only	Difference	Ahead
1990s	128.55 per 1,000 live births	95.13 per 1,000 live births	33.42 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2000s	95.5 per 1,000 live births	68.23 per 1,000 live births	27.27 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2010s	65.78 per 1,000 live births	48.86 per 1,000 live births	16.92 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2020s	51.58 per 1,000 live births	41.82 per 1,000 live births	9.76 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Afghanistan or IDA only?: Afghanistan, at 48.3 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Afghanistan and IDA only?: 8.82 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and IDA only?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and IDA only rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Afghanistan ranks 13th and IDA only ranks 12th 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 (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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.