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

19.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.

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

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.

South Asia vs Sudan: Mortality rate, infant

South Asia

23.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

42.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia rank

24th

Sudan rank

23rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

South Asia
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 42.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 19.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.8 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Asia ahead.

South Asia ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Asia	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	76.32 per 1,000 live births	81.36 per 1,000 live births	5.04 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2000s	55.66 per 1,000 live births	63.5 per 1,000 live births	7.84 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2010s	36.38 per 1,000 live births	48.93 per 1,000 live births	12.55 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2020s	25.3 per 1,000 live births	41.98 per 1,000 live births	16.68 per 1,000 live births	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, South Asia or Sudan?: Sudan, at 42.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between South Asia and Sudan?: 19.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Sudan?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do South Asia and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: South Asia ranks 24th and Sudan ranks 23rd 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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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.