# Infant mortality rate in Afghanistan

Infant mortality rate in Afghanistan was 48.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `af`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/afghanistan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=af

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 48.3 |
| 2023 | 49.9 |
| 2022 | 51.6 |
| 2021 | 53.2 |
| 2020 | 54.9 |
| 2019 | 56.6 |
| 2018 | 58.3 |
| 2017 | 60.1 |
| 2016 | 61.9 |
| 2015 | 64 |
| 2014 | 66.2 |
| 2013 | 68.6 |
| 2012 | 71.2 |
| 2011 | 74 |
| 2010 | 76.9 |
| 2009 | 80.1 |
| 2008 | 83.4 |
| 2007 | 86.8 |
| 2006 | 90.3 |
| 2005 | 93.8 |
| 2004 | 97.4 |
| 2003 | 100.8 |
| 2002 | 104.3 |
| 2001 | 107.5 |
| 2000 | 110.6 |
| 1999 | 113.6 |
| 1998 | 116.6 |
| 1997 | 119.6 |
| 1996 | 122.7 |
| 1995 | 126 |
| 1994 | 129.4 |
| 1993 | 133.1 |
| 1992 | 137.2 |
| 1991 | 141.4 |
| 1990 | 145.9 |
| 1989 | 150.4 |
| 1988 | 155 |
| 1987 | 176.9 |
| 1986 | 181.3 |
| 1985 | 201.7 |
| 1984 | 206.6 |
| 1983 | 195 |
| 1982 | 199.1 |
| 1981 | 185.6 |
| 1980 | 189.6 |
| 1979 | 193.5 |
| 1978 | 197.2 |
| 1977 | 201.1 |
| 1976 | 204.8 |
| 1975 | 208.3 |
| 1974 | 211.6 |
| 1973 | 214.8 |
| 1972 | 245.2 |
| 1971 | 249 |
| 1970 | 223.8 |
| 1969 | 226.6 |
| 1968 | 229.6 |
| 1967 | 232.4 |
| 1966 | 235 |
| 1965 | 237.7 |
| 1964 | 240.6 |
| 1963 | 243.6 |
| 1962 | 246.4 |
| 1961 | 249.2 |
| 1960 | 252.4 |