Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Afghanistan

Infant mortality rate in Afghanistan in 2024 — 48.3 per 1,000. Ranked 184 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.9%.

2024 48.3 per 1,000 −3.21% vs 2023
World rank 184of 196
Period maximum 252.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 48.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Afghanistan, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 252.4 per 1,0001962: 246.4 per 1,0001964: 240.6 per 1,0001966: 235 per 1,0001968: 229.6 per 1,0001970: 223.8 per 1,0001972: 245.2 per 1,0001974: 211.6 per 1,0001976: 204.8 per 1,0001978: 197.2 per 1,0001980: 189.6 per 1,0001982: 199.1 per 1,0001984: 206.6 per 1,0001986: 181.3 per 1,0001988: 155 per 1,0001990: 145.9 per 1,0001992: 137.2 per 1,0001994: 129.4 per 1,0001996: 122.7 per 1,0001998: 116.6 per 1,0002000: 110.6 per 1,0002002: 104.3 per 1,0002004: 97.4 per 1,0002006: 90.3 per 1,0002008: 83.4 per 1,0002010: 76.9 per 1,0002012: 71.2 per 1,0002014: 66.2 per 1,0002016: 61.9 per 1,0002018: 58.3 per 1,0002020: 54.9 per 1,0002022: 51.6 per 1,0002024: 48.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −204.1 (−80.86%) Average annual rate: -2.55 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
South Asia 23.2 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 26.1 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 48.3 −1.6 −3.21%
2023 49.9 −1.7 −3.29%
2022 51.6 −1.6 −3.01%
2021 53.2 −1.7 −3.1%
2020 54.9 −1.7 −3%
2019 56.6 −1.7 −2.92%
2018 58.3 −1.8 −3%
2017 60.1 −1.8 −2.91%
2016 61.9 −2.1 −3.28%
2015 64 −2.2 −3.32%
2014 66.2 −2.4 −3.5%
2013 68.6 −2.6 −3.65%
2012 71.2 −2.8 −3.78%
2011 74 −2.9 −3.77%
2010 76.9 −3.2 −4%
2009 80.1 −3.3 −3.96%
2008 83.4 −3.4 −3.92%
2007 86.8 −3.5 −3.88%
2006 90.3 −3.5 −3.73%
2005 93.8 −3.6 −3.7%
2004 97.4 −3.4 −3.37%
2003 100.8 −3.5 −3.36%
2002 104.3 −3.2 −2.98%
2001 107.5 −3.1 −2.8%
2000 110.6 −3 −2.64%
1999 113.6 −3 −2.57%
1998 116.6 −3 −2.51%
1997 119.6 −3.1 −2.53%
1996 122.7 −3.3 −2.62%
1995 126 −3.4 −2.63%
1994 129.4 −3.7 −2.78%
1993 133.1 −4.1 −2.99%
1992 137.2 −4.2 −2.97%
1991 141.4 −4.5 −3.08%
1990 145.9 −4.5 −2.99%
1989 150.4 −4.6 −2.97%
1988 155 −21.9 −12.38%
1987 176.9 −4.4 −2.43%
1986 181.3 −20.4 −10.11%
1985 201.7 −4.9 −2.37%
1984 206.6 +11.6 +5.95%
1983 195 −4.1 −2.06%
1982 199.1 +13.5 +7.27%
1981 185.6 −4 −2.11%
1980 189.6 −3.9 −2.02%
1979 193.5 −3.7 −1.88%
1978 197.2 −3.9 −1.94%
1977 201.1 −3.7 −1.81%
1976 204.8 −3.5 −1.68%
1975 208.3 −3.3 −1.56%
1974 211.6 −3.2 −1.49%
1973 214.8 −30.4 −12.4%
1972 245.2 −3.8 −1.53%
1971 249 +25.2 +11.26%
1970 223.8 −2.8 −1.24%
1969 226.6 −3 −1.31%
1968 229.6 −2.8 −1.2%
1967 232.4 −2.6 −1.11%
1966 235 −2.7 −1.14%
1965 237.7 −2.9 −1.21%
1964 240.6 −3 −1.23%
1963 243.6 −2.8 −1.14%
1962 246.4 −2.8 −1.12%
1961 249.2 −3.2 −1.27%
1960 252.4

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.