Afghanistan · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
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Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).
Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 68 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1957 | 368.196610358 | 293.176082326 | 459.761852223 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1958 | 362.068536368 | 295.612065776 | 443.287575516 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1959 | 356.445237823 | 297.239225147 | 428.8880442 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1960 | 350.550811098 | 297.428471607 | 415.24206286 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1961 | 345.193254418 | 296.439631804 | 403.29851774 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1962 | 340.16288192 | 295.121394373 | 392.796908243 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1963 | 334.982342669 | 292.580162059 | 383.633572427 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1964 | 329.747572685 | 289.378866908 | 376.195884263 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1965 | 324.479101546 | 285.50132626 | 369.478216789 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1966 | 319.532520546 | 281.887015338 | 363.148005243 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1967 | 314.84011823 | 277.734041608 | 357.358313099 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1968 | 310.011140165 | 273.321280564 | 351.932021655 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1969 | 304.920851529 | 268.752523484 | 346.81629142 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1970 | 300.047739631 | 264.15818981 | 341.439593695 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1971 | 344.286485974 | 302.926446808 | 391.976669703 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1972 | 337.91013725 | 297.308098426 | 385.093333622 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1973 | 284.746880208 | 250.535673556 | 324.52578015 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1974 | 279.501207191 | 246.510271174 | 318.609837285 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1975 | 274.217995757 | 242.227572375 | 311.501644959 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1976 | 268.646042801 | 237.810301921 | 304.924280357 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1977 | 262.877697241 | 233.212260042 | 298.026724688 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1978 | 256.940651756 | 228.870004346 | 291.334736741 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1979 | 251.108891966 | 223.907833905 | 284.494791253 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1980 | 245.161603903 | 218.986922581 | 277.626657144 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1981 | 239.011378681 | 213.752372224 | 270.82619295 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1982 | 277.035182071 | 248.007882584 | 314.173433713 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1983 | 271.190071032 | 243.232159871 | 307.187108357 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1984 | 303.820358179 | 272.77105901 | 343.376920689 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1985 | 296.047445135 | 266.597553226 | 333.319364084 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1986 | 250.47589474 | 226.077526818 | 281.20747837 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1987 | 244.224517141 | 220.688818987 | 272.490710036 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1988 | 194.298539266 | 176.052402683 | 215.64746886 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1989 | 187.781604787 | 170.557633152 | 207.668547718 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1990 | 181.384583734 | 164.898624917 | 199.567657307 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1991 | 175.173283456 | 159.654918069 | 192.08538502 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1992 | 169.131970217 | 154.334322593 | 184.860515818 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1993 | 163.536368994 | 149.737844366 | 178.182670667 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1994 | 158.272356261 | 145.193091041 | 172.200423277 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1995 | 153.38482482 | 140.870133971 | 166.464273181 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1996 | 148.773595777 | 137.031379586 | 161.164374274 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1997 | 144.409539645 | 133.298412871 | 156.20414565 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1998 | 140.162392712 | 129.593590373 | 151.654357097 | — |
| Afghanistan | 1999 | 135.953639489 | 125.919241066 | 146.887645726 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2000 | 131.707237184 | 122.086572984 | 142.381132365 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2001 | 127.479861753 | 118.146032198 | 137.913876348 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2002 | 123.073446981 | 114.163411427 | 133.255924983 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2003 | 118.547496516 | 109.984340745 | 128.230811465 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2004 | 113.944019412 | 105.723159349 | 123.128922847 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2005 | 109.329354079 | 101.439481248 | 118.103964793 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2006 | 104.807773176 | 97.229891886 | 113.192214809 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2007 | 100.374320592 | 92.955110141 | 108.281855797 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2008 | 96.086914451 | 88.819279481 | 103.732860824 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2009 | 91.880708967 | 84.683112517 | 99.552518418 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2010 | 87.956715295 | 80.529210427 | 95.708656625 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2011 | 84.293222872 | 76.713539171 | 92.085560025 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2012 | 80.814509381 | 73.154464933 | 88.805501018 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2013 | 77.597498728 | 69.809339801 | 85.842679118 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2014 | 74.614073412 | 66.731921775 | 83.198198367 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2015 | 71.898430064 | 63.729247205 | 80.745189023 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 69.371884203 | 60.719911303 | 78.757847898 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2017 | 67.070567379 | 57.728614045 | 77.210286258 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2018 | 64.823201121 | 54.788316904 | 75.841995078 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2019 | 62.715734355 | 51.927747769 | 74.655724433 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2020 | 60.692321042 | 49.253441418 | 73.793078067 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2021 | 58.711672609 | 46.749959085 | 73.233004928 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2022 | 56.770402516 | 44.274556216 | 72.482263442 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2023 | 54.865097705 | 42.017225586 | 71.923850557 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2024 | 53.032021133 | 39.67888023 | 71.364261451 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.