What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Pakistan?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Youth mortality rate

Afghanistan

6.18 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Pakistan

6.14 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

27th

Pakistan rank

28th

Youth mortality rate over time

Afghanistan
Pakistan

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 6.18 deaths per 100 live births against 6.14 deaths per 100 live births in Pakistan, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 27th and Pakistan ranks 28th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Pakistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	29.19 deaths per 100 live births	18.43 deaths per 100 live births	10.75 deaths per 100 live births	Afghanistan
1980s	27.35 deaths per 100 live births	16.73 deaths per 100 live births	10.63 deaths per 100 live births	Afghanistan
1990s	17.18 deaths per 100 live births	13.78 deaths per 100 live births	3.4 deaths per 100 live births	Afghanistan
2000s	12.01 deaths per 100 live births	10.79 deaths per 100 live births	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	Afghanistan
2010s	8.18 deaths per 100 live births	8.39 deaths per 100 live births	0.2107 deaths per 100 live births	Pakistan
2020s	6.54 deaths per 100 live births	6.56 deaths per 100 live births	0.024 deaths per 100 live births	Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Afghanistan or Pakistan?: Afghanistan, at 6.18 deaths per 100 live births against 6.14 deaths per 100 live births in Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Afghanistan and Pakistan?: 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Pakistan?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Pakistan rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Afghanistan ranks 27th and Pakistan ranks 28th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.