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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Pakistan: Mortality rate, infant

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
32 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Pakistan
48.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
16th
Pakistan rank
14th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Pakistan
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How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 48.2 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 16.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 16th and Pakistan ranks 14th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Pakistan Difference Ahead
1990s 72.06 per 1,000 live births 102.62 per 1,000 live births 30.56 per 1,000 live births Pakistan
2000s 54.65 per 1,000 live births 81.07 per 1,000 live births 26.42 per 1,000 live births Pakistan
2010s 40.82 per 1,000 live births 64.56 per 1,000 live births 23.74 per 1,000 live births Pakistan
2020s 33.94 per 1,000 live births 51.36 per 1,000 live births 17.42 per 1,000 live births Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Pakistan?
Pakistan, at 48.2 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Pakistan?
16.2 per 1,000 live births, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Pakistan?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Pakistan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 16th and Pakistan ranks 14th of 47 groups.
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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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Pakistan: Mortality rate, infant. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-infant-per-1-000-live-births/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/pakistan/

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About this data

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

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