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Afghanistan - Infant Mortality Rate 2022

Name: Afghanistan Infant Mortality Rate 2022
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

52.0 −1.6 from 2021 Global rank: 184th

Afghanistan's infant mortality rate was 52.0 in 2022, decreased +1.6 from 53.6 in 2021. This was the 184th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.4	-6.7%
2nd	Estonia	1.7	-5.6%
3rd	Finland	1.8	0.0%
4th	Japan	1.8	0.0%
5th	Singapore	1.8	-5.3%
6th	Norway	1.9	0.0%
7th	Slovenia	1.9	0.0%
8th	Belarus	2.0	-4.8%
9th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
10th	Luxembourg	2.0	-4.8%
11th	Sweden	2.0	-4.8%
12th	Czechia	2.2	-4.3%
13th	Montenegro	2.2	-4.3%
14th	Monaco	2.3	-4.2%
15th	Italy	2.4	-4.0%
16th	Korea	2.4	0.0%
17th	Andorra	2.6	-3.7%
18th	Spain	2.6	0.0%
19th	Portugal	2.6	-3.7%
20th	Austria	2.7	-3.6%
21st	Israel	2.7	-3.6%
22nd	Latvia	2.7	-6.9%
23rd	Cyprus	2.8	3.7%
24th	Lithuania	2.9	-3.3%
25th	Belgium	3.1	-3.1%
26th	Germany	3.1	0.0%
27th	Denmark	3.1	-3.1%
28th	European Union	3.2	-0.8%
29th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
30th	Hungary	3.2	-3.0%
31st	Greece	3.3	0.0%
32nd	Ireland	3.3	3.1%
33rd	France	3.4	0.0%
34th	Switzerland	3.5	0.0%
35th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
36th	North Macedonia	3.6	-18.2%
37th	Poland	3.7	-2.6%
38th	United Kingdom	3.9	0.0%
39th	Croatia	3.9	0.0%
40th	Russian Federation	3.9	-4.9%
41st	New Zealand	4.1	-2.4%
42nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.1	-2.4%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	4.2	-4.5%
44th	Canada	4.5	0.0%
45th	Serbia	4.5	-2.2%
46th	China	4.8	-5.9%
47th	Malta	5.0	-2.0%
48th	Qatar	5.0	-2.0%
49th	Slovak Republic	5.0	0.0%
50th	Bulgaria	5.1	-1.9%
51st	Saudi Arabia	5.1	-3.8%
52nd	Maldives	5.3	-5.4%
53rd	Romania	5.4	1.9%
54th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.5	-3.5%
55th	Sri Lanka	5.5	-5.2%
56th	United States	5.5	0.0%
57th	Uruguay	5.6	-3.4%
58th	Chile	5.9	1.7%
59th	Cuba	6.3	5.0%
60th	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
61st	Bahrain	7.0	2.9%
62nd	Antigua and Barbuda	7.5	-2.6%
63rd	Kuwait	7.6	0.0%
64th	Kazakhstan	7.7	-2.5%
65th	Türkiye	8.0	-4.8%
66th	Ukraine	8.0	0.0%
67th	Georgia	8.1	-1.2%
68th	Tonga	8.2	-2.4%
69th	Albania	8.3	1.2%
70th	Argentina	8.3	-2.4%
71st	Brunei Darussalam	8.3	-1.2%
72nd	Thailand	8.3	-2.4%
73rd	Libya	8.4	-3.4%
74th	Oman	8.5	-1.2%
75th	Kosovo	8.7	-4.4%
76th	Costa Rica	8.8	3.5%
77th	Nauru	8.8	-7.4%
78th	Armenia	9.3	-4.1%
79th	El Salvador	9.5	-3.1%
80th	Barbados	9.6	-3.0%
81st	São Tomé and Principe	9.8	-3.9%
82nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.3	-4.6%
83rd	Nicaragua	10.7	-3.6%
84th	Belize	10.9	-0.9%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.0	-3.5%
86th	Mexico	11.1	-3.5%
87th	Panama	11.1	-4.3%
88th	Ecuador	11.2	-0.9%
89th	Colombia	11.3	-2.6%
90th	Cabo Verde	11.5	-4.2%
91st	Tunisia	11.5	-8.0%
92nd	Bahamas, The	11.6	-0.9%
93rd	Mongolia	11.6	-1.7%
94th	British Virgin Islands	12.0	-2.4%
95th	West Bank and Gaza	12.3	-3.9%
96th	Brazil	12.6	-0.8%
97th	Jordan	12.6	-2.3%
98th	Uzbekistan	13.1	-4.4%
99th	Samoa	13.1	-2.2%
100th	Seychelles	13.3	-1.5%
101st	Moldova	13.6	0.0%
102nd	Honduras	13.7	-2.8%
103rd	Mauritius	13.8	-1.4%
104th	Peru	13.8	-1.4%
105th	Azerbaijan	14.1	-4.7%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.3	1.4%
107th	Viet Nam	14.3	-1.4%
108th	St. Lucia	14.4	-1.4%
109th	Vanuatu	14.4	-1.4%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	14.7	-2.6%
111th	Kyrgyz Republic	15.1	-1.3%
112th	Lebanon	15.1	5.6%
113th	Paraguay	15.6	-3.7%
114th	Suriname	15.7	-3.1%
115th	Morocco	16.0	-3.6%
116th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	16.7	-2.9%
117th	Grenada	16.9	-0.6%
118th	Solomon Islands	17.0	-2.9%
119th	Indonesia	17.5	-2.8%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	17.6	-2.8%
121st	Tuvalu	17.7	-2.7%
122nd	Jamaica	18.3	1.1%
123rd	Guatemala	18.4	-3.2%
124th	Bhutan	19.1	-3.5%
125th	Palau	19.5	-1.0%
126th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.5	-1.0%
127th	Algeria	20.0	-1.0%
128th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20.7	-3.3%
129th	Cambodia	21.1	-3.7%
130th	Micronesia, Federated States of	21.5	-3.2%
131st	Iraq	21.5	-3.2%
132nd	Philippines	22.4	-1.3%
133rd	Tajikistan	23.1	-0.4%
134th	Fiji	23.5	2.6%
135th	Nepal	24.2	-3.6%
136th	Marshall Islands	24.3	-2.8%
137th	Bangladesh	24.4	-0.4%
138th	South Africa	24.5	-0.8%
139th	Guyana	24.6	-2.8%
140th	India	25.6	-4.5%
141st	Eritrea	26.4	-2.9%
142nd	Gabon	27.2	-3.2%
143rd	Congo, Republic of	28.5	-2.7%
144th	Uganda	28.7	-2.7%
145th	Dominican Republic	29.1	-2.3%
146th	Ghana	29.2	-3.3%
147th	Malawi	30.5	-2.9%
148th	Rwanda	30.8	-1.0%
149th	Tanzania	31.2	-3.7%
150th	Senegal	31.4	-4.0%
151st	Mauritania	32.0	-2.7%
152nd	Turkmenistan	32.0	-1.8%
153rd	Zambia	32.2	-3.6%
154th	Burundi	32.4	-3.0%
155th	Dominica	32.7	1.9%
156th	Papua New Guinea	33.0	-3.2%
157th	Gambia, The	34.9	-3.1%
158th	Myanmar	35.2	-3.3%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	35.7	-2.7%
160th	Kenya	35.8	-1.6%
161st	Lao PDR	36.4	-3.4%
162nd	Comoros	36.8	-2.6%
163rd	Togo	36.9	-2.9%
164th	Timor-Leste	36.9	-2.6%
165th	Botswana	39.2	-2.7%
166th	Angola	39.6	-3.2%
167th	Namibia	39.7	-4.6%
168th	Sudan	40.3	-3.1%
169th	Kiribati	40.6	-1.7%
170th	Haiti	41.5	-2.4%
171st	Zimbabwe	42.2	-3.2%
172nd	Cameroon	42.5	-3.0%
173rd	Guinea-Bissau	44.3	-3.1%
174th	Eswatini	44.6	-2.6%
175th	Madagascar	44.7	-0.4%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	45.8	-2.8%
177th	Djibouti	45.9	-3.0%
178th	Burkina Faso	46.1	-2.5%
179th	Mozambique	46.5	-2.5%
180th	Benin	47.7	-2.9%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	47.9	-2.6%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	50.9	-3.2%
183rd	Pakistan	51.8	-3.0%
184th	Afghanistan	52.0	-3.0%
185th	Liberia	53.9	-2.7%
186th	Lesotho	57.6	-3.7%
187th	Sierra Leone	58.0	-3.3%
188th	Mali	59.0	-2.5%
189th	Chad	60.3	-2.6%
190th	Nigeria	61.6	-2.5%
191st	Guinea	63.1	-2.3%
192nd	Niger	68.3	-1.0%
193rd	South Sudan	72.6	0.0%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	89.9	25.2%
195th	Central African Republic	189.1	102.0%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's infant mortality rate in 2022?▾

Afghanistan's infant mortality rate in 2022 was 52.0. This ranked 184th globally.

How did Afghanistan's infant mortality rate change in 2022?▾

Afghanistan's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2022?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2022 at 189.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Afghanistan in 2022?▾

The infant mortality rate of Afghanistan in 2022 was 52.0. This ranked 184th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Afghanistan's infant mortality rate?▾

Afghanistan's infant mortality rate went from 53.6 in 2021 to 52.0 in 2022, a 3.0% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Afghanistan matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2022. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: -6.6%. View full analysis →

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