Afghanistan vs Jordan

Afghanistan vs Jordan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 5.3 per 100 live births in Afghanistan and 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 4 per 100 live births, or 4.11 times that in Jordan.

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Change since 1957, % · Gapminder and UN IGME

All yearsSince 1950Since 1990Since 2010
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Afghanistan vs Jordan: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 5.3 per 100 live births in Afghanistan and 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 4 per 100 live births, or 4.11 times that in Jordan.
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Latest figures

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Afghanistan5.3 20247.526 of 200
Jordan1.3 20241.7108 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1957.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearAfghanistanJordanWorld
20245.31.33.7
20235.51.33.8
20225.71.44
20215.91.44
20206.11.53.9
20196.31.54
20186.51.54
20176.71.64.1
20166.91.64.2
20157.21.74.3
20147.51.74.4
20137.81.74.5
20128.11.84.7
20118.41.85
20108.81.95.1
20099.225.3
20089.625.5
2007102.15.7
200610.52.16
200510.92.26.2
200411.42.36.6
200311.92.46.8
200212.32.47.1
200112.82.57.4
200013.22.67.7
199913.62.77.9
1998142.88.3
199714.42.88.4
199614.92.98.6
199515.338.8
199415.83.18.9
199316.43.29.1
199216.93.39.2
199117.53.49.3
199018.13.69.4
198918.83.79.5
198819.43.810
198724.449.9
198625.14.210.3
198529.64.410.6
198430.44.610.9
198327.14.811.1
198227.7511.2
198123.95.311.6
198024.55.511.9
197925.15.811.9
197825.76.112.3
197726.36.412.6
197626.96.712.8
197527.4713.1
1974287.413.3
197328.57.713.5
197233.88.113.7
197134.48.613.9
197030914.2
196930.59.514.6
1968319.915
196731.510.515.3
1966321115.1
196532.511.715.1
19643312.315.7
196333.513.116.2
19623413.817
196134.514.718.8
196035.115.520.2
195935.616.519.9
195836.217.519.7
195736.818.620.5
1956–19.721.3
1955–20.822.3
1954–22.122.8
1953–23.323.3
1952–24.623.9
1951–2624.3
1950–27.524.7
1949–2924.9
1948–30.624.9
1947–32.225.5
1946–3425.8
1945–35.826.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time