Afghanistan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mortality rate, under-5, male

Afghanistan
57 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
17.08 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
27th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 57 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 39.92 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 3.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

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

Afghanistan ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 162.02 per 1,000 live births 49.47 per 1,000 live births 112.55 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2000s 116.18 per 1,000 live births 29.9 per 1,000 live births 86.28 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2010s 78.38 per 1,000 live births 21.22 per 1,000 live births 57.16 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2020s 60.82 per 1,000 live births 17.89 per 1,000 live births 42.93 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, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Afghanistan, at 57 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
39.92 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Afghanistan ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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, male (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, under-5, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.