Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Nauru: Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0591 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Nauru
0.15 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
16th
Nauru rank
19th

Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Nauru
00.20.40.60.81198620042023

How they compare

Nauru currently reports 0.15 units per square kilometre against 0.0591 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0909 units per square kilometre.

That makes Nauru's figure about 2.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Nauru has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Nauru ranks 19th of 47 groups.

Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Nauru Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0986 units per square kilometre 0.73 units per square kilometre 0.6314 units per square kilometre Nauru
2000s 0.0818 units per square kilometre 0.47 units per square kilometre 0.3882 units per square kilometre Nauru
2010s 0.0728 units per square kilometre 0.315 units per square kilometre 0.2422 units per square kilometre Nauru
2020s 0.061 units per square kilometre 0.15 units per square kilometre 0.089 units per square kilometre Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, per square kilometre, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Nauru?
Nauru, at 0.15 units per square kilometre against 0.0591 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, per square kilometre between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru?
0.0909 units per square kilometre, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru rank globally for number of infant deaths, per square kilometre?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Nauru ranks 19th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Nauru: Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-per-square-kilometre-3/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/naoero/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-infant-deaths-per-square-kilometre-3/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/naoero/">Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Nauru: Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of infant deaths, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
242 places, 12,234 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Number of infant deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.