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Afghanistan
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#13out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

25220115099.348.3196019922024Afghanistan · 2024: 48.30Afghanistan

Analytical takeaways

  • Afghanistan records 48.30 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #13 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 252.40 in 1960 to 48.30 in 2024, a decrease of 204.10.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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