Afghanistan vs Pakistan

Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 5.3 per 100 live births in Afghanistan and 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.06 times that in Afghanistan.

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

Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 5.3 per 100 live births in Afghanistan and 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.06 times that in Afghanistan.
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What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2012.
  • In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 26 and Pakistan ranked 24 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • 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

YearAfghanistanPakistanWorld
20245.35.63.7
20235.55.83.8
20225.764
20215.96.24
20206.16.43.9
20196.36.64
20186.56.84
20176.774.1
20166.97.24.2
20157.27.54.3
20147.57.74.4
20137.884.5
20128.18.24.7
20118.48.45
20108.88.75.1
20099.28.95.3
20089.69.15.5
2007109.25.7
200610.59.46
200510.99.66.2
200411.49.86.6
200311.9106.8
200212.310.37.1
200112.810.57.4
200013.210.87.7
199913.611.17.9
19981411.58.3
199714.411.88.4
199614.912.28.6
199515.312.58.8
199415.812.88.9
199316.413.29.1
199216.913.59.2
199117.513.89.3
199018.1149.4
198918.814.39.5
198819.414.610
198724.414.99.9
198625.115.110.3
198529.615.410.6
198430.415.710.9
198327.115.911.1
198227.716.111.2
198123.916.411.6
198024.516.611.9
197925.116.811.9
197825.71712.3
197726.317.212.6
197626.917.412.8
197527.417.613.1
19742817.913.3
197328.518.213.5
197233.818.413.7
197134.418.813.9
19703019.114.2
196930.519.414.6
19683119.815
196731.520.215.3
19663220.715.1
196532.521.315.1
1964332215.7
196333.522.716.2
19623423.517
196134.524.418.8
196035.125.320.2
195935.626.319.9
195836.227.319.7
195736.828.420.5
1956–29.621.3
1955–30.822.3
1954–32.122.8
1953–33.523.3
1952–3523.9
1951–36.524.3
1950–38.124.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
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.

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