Afghanistan vs Kiribati: Mortality rate, under-5

Afghanistan
53 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati
53.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
26th
Kiribati rank
25th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Kiribati
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 53 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.1 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 26th and Kiribati ranks 25th 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 327.44 per 1,000 live births 172.93 per 1,000 live births 154.51 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1970s 286.01 per 1,000 live births 127.82 per 1,000 live births 158.19 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1980s 250.9 per 1,000 live births 108.46 per 1,000 live births 142.44 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1990s 157.03 per 1,000 live births 78.21 per 1,000 live births 78.82 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2000s 111.72 per 1,000 live births 61.04 per 1,000 live births 50.68 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2010s 74.12 per 1,000 live births 58.43 per 1,000 live births 15.69 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
2020s 56.82 per 1,000 live births 55.8 per 1,000 live births 1.02 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 Kiribati?
Kiribati, at 53.1 per 1,000 live births against 53 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Afghanistan and Kiribati?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati 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?
Afghanistan ranks 26th and Kiribati ranks 25th 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.