Afghanistan vs Kiribati: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Afghanistan
48.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati
48.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
25th
Kiribati rank
26th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Kiribati
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 48.9 per 1,000 live births against 48.4 per 1,000 live births in Kiribati, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 25th and Kiribati ranks 26th of 197 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Kiribati Difference Ahead
1960s 319.87 per 1,000 live births 164.12 per 1,000 live births 155.75 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1970s 279.4 per 1,000 live births 120.22 per 1,000 live births 159.18 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1980s 245.53 per 1,000 live births 101.49 per 1,000 live births 144.04 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1990s 151.73 per 1,000 live births 72.16 per 1,000 live births 79.57 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2000s 107.06 per 1,000 live births 55.74 per 1,000 live births 51.32 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2010s 69.58 per 1,000 live births 53.38 per 1,000 live births 16.2 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2020s 52.56 per 1,000 live births 50.98 per 1,000 live births 1.58 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Afghanistan or Kiribati?
Afghanistan, at 48.9 per 1,000 live births against 48.4 per 1,000 live births in Kiribati as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Afghanistan and Kiribati?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Kiribati?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Kiribati rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Kiribati 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.