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

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

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

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 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 Mali: Mortality rate, infant

Afghanistan

48.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

47.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

13th

Mali rank

16th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Afghanistan
Mali

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 48.3 per 1,000 live births against 47.5 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 13th and Mali ranks 16th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Mali in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	230.9 per 1,000 live births	200.72 per 1,000 live births	30.18 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
1970s	214.93 per 1,000 live births	178.08 per 1,000 live births	36.85 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
1980s	184.12 per 1,000 live births	140.73 per 1,000 live births	43.39 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
1990s	128.55 per 1,000 live births	116.02 per 1,000 live births	12.53 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2000s	95.5 per 1,000 live births	90.21 per 1,000 live births	5.29 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2010s	65.78 per 1,000 live births	67.14 per 1,000 live births	1.36 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	51.58 per 1,000 live births	51.34 per 1,000 live births	0.24 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 Mali?: Afghanistan, at 48.3 per 1,000 live births against 47.5 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Afghanistan and Mali?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mali?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Afghanistan ranks 13th and Mali ranks 16th 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.