India vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre

India
0.2186 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0675 units per square kilometre
in 2023
India rank
17th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
16th

Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre over time

  • India
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.511.5196119922023

How they compare

India currently reports 0.2186 units per square kilometre against 0.0675 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1511 units per square kilometre.

That makes India's figure about 3.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

India ranks 17th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 1.05 units per square kilometre 0.1205 units per square kilometre 0.931 units per square kilometre India
2000s 0.7229 units per square kilometre 0.0964 units per square kilometre 0.6265 units per square kilometre India
2010s 0.3945 units per square kilometre 0.0842 units per square kilometre 0.3103 units per square kilometre India
2020s 0.24 units per square kilometre 0.0696 units per square kilometre 0.1704 units per square kilometre India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre, India or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
India, at 0.2186 units per square kilometre against 0.0675 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre between India and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.1511 units per square kilometre, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do India and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre?
India ranks 17th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of under-five 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, 12,018 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Number of under-five 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.