Afghanistan - Infant Mortality Rate 1989
149.0
−14.4 from 1988
Afghanistan's infant mortality rate was 149.0 in 1989, decreased +14.4 from 163.4 in 1988. This was the 191st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1989▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | 4.7 | -2.1% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 5.3 | -3.6% |
| 3rd | Finland | 5.8 | -1.7% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.1 | -1.6% |
| 5th | Monaco | 6.6 | -4.3% |
| 6th | Singapore | 6.7 | -8.2% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 8th | Canada | 7.0 | -4.1% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 7.0 | -2.8% |
| 10th | Germany | 7.4 | -5.1% |
| 11th | Norway | 7.5 | -5.1% |
| 12th | Denmark | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 13th | France | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 7.7 | -6.1% |
| 15th | Spain | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 16th | Australia | 8.0 | -4.8% |
| 17th | Ireland | 8.0 | -2.4% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 8.3 | -5.7% |
| 19th | Austria | 8.4 | -4.5% |
| 20th | Belgium | 8.6 | -3.4% |
| 21st | Italy | 8.7 | -3.3% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 23rd | Slovenia | 9.4 | -6.9% |
| 24th | New Zealand | 9.6 | -5.0% |
| 25th | United States | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 26th | Greece | 9.8 | -6.7% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 10.0 | -1.0% |
| 28th | Israel | 10.1 | -3.8% |
| 29th | Brunei Darussalam | 10.3 | -1.9% |
| 30th | Malta | 10.4 | -3.7% |
| 31st | Czechia | 10.7 | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.8 | 1.9% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 11.1 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Cuba | 11.4 | -5.0% |
| 35th | Croatia | 12.0 | -7.0% |
| 36th | San Marino | 12.0 | -7.7% |
| 37th | Latvia | 12.2 | 4.3% |
| 38th | Belarus | 12.4 | -2.4% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 12.5 | -6.0% |
| 40th | Portugal | 12.5 | -7.4% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 13.1 | -4.4% |
| 42nd | Korea | 13.2 | -9.0% |
| 43rd | Malaysia | 13.3 | -5.0% |
| 44th | Seychelles | 13.5 | -3.6% |
| 45th | Bulgaria | 14.2 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Estonia | 14.2 | -0.7% |
| 47th | Dominica | 15.0 | -1.3% |
| 48th | Costa Rica | 15.1 | -5.6% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 15.4 | -5.5% |
| 50th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.4 | -6.1% |
| 51st | Poland | 15.6 | -3.1% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 15.7 | -7.6% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 15.8 | -4.8% |
| 54th | Barbados | 16.9 | -4.0% |
| 55th | Chile | 17.1 | -4.5% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.4 | -7.4% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 17.6 | -2.8% |
| 58th | Russian Federation | 17.7 | -2.7% |
| 59th | Ukraine | 18.5 | -2.1% |
| 60th | Qatar | 18.6 | -6.1% |
| 61st | Tonga | 18.7 | -3.1% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 19.2 | -4.5% |
| 63rd | Sri Lanka | 19.3 | 6.6% |
| 64th | British Virgin Islands | 20.0 | -4.3% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 20.2 | -1.0% |
| 66th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.3 | -4.2% |
| 67th | Bahamas, The | 20.6 | -4.2% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 21.3 | -3.6% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 21.4 | -7.0% |
| 70th | Fiji | 22.2 | -4.3% |
| 71st | Samoa | 23.5 | -3.3% |
| 72nd | Panama | 24.6 | -3.1% |
| 73rd | Argentina | 24.9 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Jamaica | 25.7 | -2.3% |
| 75th | Romania | 25.9 | -3.0% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 26.0 | -3.7% |
| 77th | Serbia | 26.8 | -7.3% |
| 78th | Albania | 28.6 | -5.6% |
| 79th | Solomon Islands | 29.2 | -2.7% |
| 80th | Moldova | 29.3 | -2.3% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 29.4 | -4.9% |
| 82nd | Lebanon | 29.5 | -24.6% |
| 83rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.0 | -2.0% |
| 84th | Palau | 30.4 | -1.6% |
| 85th | Colombia | 30.5 | -3.2% |
| 86th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 31.0 | 2.6% |
| 87th | Jordan | 32.0 | -3.6% |
| 88th | Belize | 32.8 | -5.7% |
| 89th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.8 | -3.2% |
| 90th | Thailand | 32.8 | -5.2% |
| 91st | Libya | 33.3 | -5.4% |
| 92nd | Oman | 34.5 | -9.4% |
| 93rd | North Macedonia | 36.2 | -8.1% |
| 94th | Suriname | 38.3 | -2.3% |
| 95th | Marshall Islands | 38.4 | -3.5% |
| 96th | Georgia | 38.5 | -0.8% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 38.6 | -3.5% |
| 98th | Viet Nam | 38.8 | -4.0% |
| 99th | Paraguay | 39.0 | -3.5% |
| 100th | Botswana | 39.2 | -2.5% |
| 101st | Mexico | 39.6 | -4.3% |
| 102nd | Algeria | 40.4 | -3.3% |
| 103rd | Philippines | 40.8 | -5.1% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 41.0 | -5.1% |
| 105th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 42.8 | -2.7% |
| 106th | China | 43.3 | 0.0% |
| 107th | Cabo Verde | 43.6 | -4.8% |
| 108th | Saudi Arabia | 43.8 | -7.6% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 44.6 | -4.5% |
| 110th | Tuvalu | 44.9 | -0.9% |
| 111th | Kazakhstan | 45.2 | -2.8% |
| 112th | Honduras | 46.5 | -4.5% |
| 113th | Armenia | 47.5 | -29.9% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 49.6 | -5.2% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 49.7 | -3.3% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.1 | -5.2% |
| 117th | Zimbabwe | 53.0 | -0.9% |
| 118th | Guyana | 53.7 | -1.8% |
| 119th | Brazil | 54.1 | -3.6% |
| 120th | Nicaragua | 55.1 | -3.8% |
| 121st | South Africa | 55.2 | -4.5% |
| 122nd | Iraq | 55.7 | 8.6% |
| 123rd | Congo, Republic of | 56.3 | 0.5% |
| 124th | Namibia | 57.3 | -2.4% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 57.7 | -3.4% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 57.8 | -2.9% |
| 127th | Gabon | 59.6 | -1.5% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 60.9 | -1.9% |
| 129th | Nauru | 61.8 | -4.2% |
| 130th | Peru | 62.4 | -4.6% |
| 131st | Guatemala | 63.1 | -4.0% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 64.2 | 1.6% |
| 133rd | Türkiye | 64.4 | -5.4% |
| 134th | Kenya | 65.6 | 2.3% |
| 135th | Papua New Guinea | 66.2 | -1.6% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 66.8 | -3.6% |
| 137th | Morocco | 67.6 | -3.7% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 70.3 | -4.7% |
| 139th | Turkmenistan | 70.6 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 71.5 | -3.8% |
| 141st | Mauritania | 73.5 | -2.1% |
| 142nd | Senegal | 74.2 | -2.9% |
| 143rd | Ghana | 75.0 | -3.4% |
| 144th | Azerbaijan | 75.6 | -0.7% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 75.6 | -2.1% |
| 146th | Maldives | 75.7 | -5.1% |
| 147th | Tajikistan | 75.7 | -2.2% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 75.9 | -3.3% |
| 149th | Cameroon | 80.8 | -1.0% |
| 150th | Eritrea | 82.7 | -2.4% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 84.2 | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Sudan | 85.3 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Togo | 86.1 | -1.0% |
| 154th | India | 86.4 | -2.4% |
| 155th | Cambodia | 87.6 | 0.9% |
| 156th | Djibouti | 89.3 | -1.4% |
| 157th | Burundi | 91.5 | 1.1% |
| 158th | Myanmar | 92.0 | -1.5% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 93.1 | -3.2% |
| 160th | Madagascar | 93.7 | -2.7% |
| 161st | Kosovo | 96.5 | -6.3% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 96.6 | -3.1% |
| 163rd | Yemen, Republic of | 99.2 | -3.0% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 99.7 | -4.1% |
| 165th | Benin | 99.8 | -1.8% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | 99.9 | -3.8% |
| 167th | Zambia | 100.5 | 1.7% |
| 168th | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.8 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Haiti | 100.8 | -2.8% |
| 170th | Gambia, The | 101.7 | -2.5% |
| 171st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 103.4 | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Burkina Faso | 103.7 | -1.2% |
| 173rd | Nigeria | 105.3 | 0.5% |
| 174th | Nepal | 105.8 | -4.2% |
| 175th | Tanzania | 106.3 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 107.5 | -0.2% |
| 177th | Uganda | 109.0 | -1.0% |
| 178th | Central African Republic | 109.4 | -0.3% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 114.5 | -1.5% |
| 180th | Lao PDR | 115.9 | -1.9% |
| 181st | Chad | 117.8 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | 119.0 | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Angola | 122.0 | 0.1% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | 125.0 | -1.3% |
| 185th | Mali | 126.5 | -1.9% |
| 186th | Sierra Leone | 135.7 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Malawi | 136.0 | -1.3% |
| 188th | Guinea | 136.7 | -2.0% |
| 189th | Mozambique | 147.8 | -0.5% |
| 190th | Niger | 148.1 | -0.4% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 149.0 | -8.8% |
| 192nd | South Sudan | 158.6 | -66.4% |
| 193rd | Liberia | 166.9 | 2.1% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 168.6 | -4.8% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's infant mortality rate in 1989?▾
Afghanistan's infant mortality rate in 1989 was 149.0. This ranked 191st globally.
How did Afghanistan's infant mortality rate change in 1989?▾
Afghanistan's infant mortality rate decreased by 8.8% in 1989 compared to 1988.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1989?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest infant mortality rate in 1989 at 168.6.
What is the infant mortality rate of Afghanistan in 1989?▾
The infant mortality rate of Afghanistan in 1989 was 149.0. This ranked 191st globally.
How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Afghanistan's infant mortality rate?▾
Afghanistan's infant mortality rate went from 163.4 in 1988 to 149.0 in 1989, a 8.8% decrease.
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