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
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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About this data
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.