Afghanistan vs Zambia: Mortality rates at age 25
Afghanistan
0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zambia
0.2439 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
61st
Zambia rank
59th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Afghanistan
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.2439 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0053 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 59th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5781 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7891 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5017 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6446 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4218 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6133 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5811 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.5 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 0.8874 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8961 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0087 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.479 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7389 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2599 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.4646 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4359 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0287 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.455 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2872 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1678 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 Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.2439 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 Zambia?
- 0.0053 deaths per 1,000 people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Zambia rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Afghanistan ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 59th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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.