Afghanistan vs Djibouti: Mortality rate, under-5

Afghanistan
53 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Djibouti
48.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
26th
Djibouti rank
29th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Djibouti
0100200300400196019922024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 53 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti, a difference of 4.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Djibouti's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 26th and Djibouti ranks 29th of 197 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Djibouti Difference Ahead
1970s 259.88 per 1,000 live births 162.25 per 1,000 live births 97.62 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1980s 250.9 per 1,000 live births 133.4 per 1,000 live births 117.5 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1990s 157.03 per 1,000 live births 107.67 per 1,000 live births 49.36 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2000s 111.72 per 1,000 live births 88.11 per 1,000 live births 23.61 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2010s 74.12 per 1,000 live births 66.31 per 1,000 live births 7.81 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2020s 56.82 per 1,000 live births 52.24 per 1,000 live births 4.58 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, Afghanistan or Djibouti?
Afghanistan, at 53 per 1,000 live births against 48.9 per 1,000 live births in Djibouti as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Afghanistan and Djibouti?
4.1 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Djibouti?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Djibouti rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Afghanistan ranks 26th and Djibouti ranks 29th 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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