Afghanistan vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 5.3 per 100 live births in Afghanistan and 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 4.7 per 100 live births, or 8.83 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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

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What the numbers say

Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 26 and Saudi Arabia ranked 149 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

Year	Afghanistan	Saudi Arabia	World
2024	5.3	0.6	3.7
2023	5.5	0.6	3.8
2022	5.7	0.6	4
2021	5.9	0.7	4
2020	6.1	0.7	3.9
2019	6.3	0.7	4
2018	6.5	0.8	4
2017	6.7	0.8	4.1
2016	6.9	0.9	4.2
2015	7.2	0.9	4.3
2014	7.5	1	4.4
2013	7.8	1	4.5
2012	8.1	1.1	4.7
2011	8.4	1.1	5
2010	8.8	1.2	5.1
2009	9.2	1.3	5.3
2008	9.6	1.4	5.5
2007	10	1.5	5.7
2006	10.5	1.5	6
2005	10.9	1.6	6.2
2004	11.4	1.7	6.6
2003	11.9	1.8	6.8
2002	12.3	1.9	7.1
2001	12.8	2.1	7.4
2000	13.2	2.2	7.7
1999	13.6	2.3	7.9
1998	14	2.5	8.3
1997	14.4	2.7	8.4
1996	14.9	2.8	8.6
1995	15.3	3	8.8
1994	15.8	3.3	8.9
1993	16.4	3.5	9.1
1992	16.9	3.8	9.2
1991	17.5	4.1	9.3
1990	18.1	4.4	9.4
1989	18.8	4.8	9.5
1988	19.4	5.2	10
1987	24.4	5.6	9.9
1986	25.1	6	10.3
1985	29.6	6.5	10.6
1984	30.4	7	10.9
1983	27.1	7.5	11.1
1982	27.7	8.1	11.2
1981	23.9	8.7	11.6
1980	24.5	9.3	11.9
1979	25.1	10	11.9
1978	25.7	10.7	12.3
1977	26.3	11.4	12.6
1976	26.9	12.2	12.8
1975	27.4	13	13.1
1974	28	13.9	13.3
1973	28.5	14.9	13.5
1972	33.8	15.9	13.7
1971	34.4	17.1	13.9
1970	30	18.3	14.2
1969	30.5	–	14.6
1968	31	–	15
1967	31.5	–	15.3
1966	32	–	15.1
1965	32.5	–	15.1
1964	33	–	15.7
1963	33.5	–	16.2
1962	34	–	17
1961	34.5	–	18.8
1960	35.1	24.3	20.2
1959	35.6	–	19.9
1958	36.2	–	19.7
1957	36.8	–	20.5
1956	–	–	21.3
1955	–	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
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.

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