Afghanistan vs Viet Nam: Mortality rates at age 25
Afghanistan
0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Viet Nam
0.2482 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
61st
Viet Nam rank
58th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Afghanistan
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 0.2482 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0096 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 61st and Viet Nam ranks 58th of 236 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3669 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8695 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2769 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8639 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1713 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3726 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 0.8874 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.297 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5904 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 0.479 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2798 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1991 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.4646 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2687 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1959 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.455 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2449 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2101 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Afghanistan or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 0.2482 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Afghanistan and Viet Nam?
- 0.0096 deaths per 1,000 people, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Viet Nam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Afghanistan ranks 61st and Viet Nam ranks 58th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.