Which has higher number of infant deaths, Indonesia or Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa, at 1.96 million against 67,732 in Indonesia as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

1.90 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Indonesia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Number of infant deaths

Indonesia

67,732

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

1.96 million

in 2024

Indonesia rank

10th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

7th

Number of infant deaths over time

Indonesia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 1.96 million against 67,732 in Indonesia, a difference of 1.90 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 29.0 times Indonesia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Indonesia ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	253,156	2.44 million	2.19 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	164,349	2.29 million	2.13 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	110,581	2.03 million	1.92 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s	74,072	1.99 million	1.92 million	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Indonesia or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 1.96 million against 67,732 in Indonesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 1.90 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Indonesia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Indonesia ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
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, 13,444 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.