Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Afghanistan
48.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Pakistan
50.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
25th
Pakistan rank
24th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 50.8 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Pakistan ranks 24th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Pakistan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 319.87 per 1,000 live births | 219.74 per 1,000 live births | 100.13 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 279.4 per 1,000 live births | 178.04 per 1,000 live births | 101.36 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 245.53 per 1,000 live births | 151.5 per 1,000 live births | 94.03 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 151.73 per 1,000 live births | 121.92 per 1,000 live births | 29.81 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 107.06 per 1,000 live births | 91.81 per 1,000 live births | 15.25 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 69.58 per 1,000 live births | 69.95 per 1,000 live births | 0.37 per 1,000 live births | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 52.56 per 1,000 live births | 54.4 per 1,000 live births | 1.84 per 1,000 live births | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Afghanistan or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 50.8 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
- 1.9 per 1,000 live births, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Pakistan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Pakistan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and Pakistan ranks 24th 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
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.