# Under-five mortality rate in Afghanistan

Under-five mortality rate in Afghanistan was 53 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `af`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- 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, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/afghanistan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=af

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 53 |
| 2023 | 54.9 |
| 2022 | 56.8 |
| 2021 | 58.7 |
| 2020 | 60.7 |
| 2019 | 62.7 |
| 2018 | 64.8 |
| 2017 | 67.1 |
| 2016 | 69.4 |
| 2015 | 71.9 |
| 2014 | 74.6 |
| 2013 | 77.6 |
| 2012 | 80.8 |
| 2011 | 84.3 |
| 2010 | 88 |
| 2009 | 91.9 |
| 2008 | 96.1 |
| 2007 | 100.4 |
| 2006 | 104.8 |
| 2005 | 109.3 |
| 2004 | 113.9 |
| 2003 | 118.5 |
| 2002 | 123.1 |
| 2001 | 127.5 |
| 2000 | 131.7 |
| 1999 | 136 |
| 1998 | 140.2 |
| 1997 | 144.4 |
| 1996 | 148.8 |
| 1995 | 153.4 |
| 1994 | 158.3 |
| 1993 | 163.5 |
| 1992 | 169.1 |
| 1991 | 175.2 |
| 1990 | 181.4 |
| 1989 | 187.8 |
| 1988 | 194.3 |
| 1987 | 244.2 |
| 1986 | 250.5 |
| 1985 | 296 |
| 1984 | 303.8 |
| 1983 | 271.2 |
| 1982 | 277 |
| 1981 | 239 |
| 1980 | 245.2 |
| 1979 | 251.1 |
| 1978 | 256.9 |
| 1977 | 262.9 |
| 1976 | 268.6 |
| 1975 | 274.2 |
| 1974 | 279.5 |
| 1973 | 284.7 |
| 1972 | 337.9 |
| 1971 | 344.3 |
| 1970 | 300 |
| 1969 | 304.9 |
| 1968 | 310 |
| 1967 | 314.8 |
| 1966 | 319.5 |
| 1965 | 324.5 |
| 1964 | 329.7 |
| 1963 | 335 |
| 1962 | 340.2 |
| 1961 | 345.2 |
| 1960 | 350.6 |