Afghanistan vs Zambia: Probability of dying that year, among males
Afghanistan
4.8%
in 2023
Zambia
4.2%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
25th
Zambia rank
27th
Probability of dying that year, among males over time
- Afghanistan
- Zambia
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 4.8% against 4.2% in Zambia, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27.7% | 12.8% | 14.9% | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 23.3% | 11.5% | 11.8% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 19.5% | 10.2% | 9.3% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 16.8% | 10.4% | 6.3% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 11.7% | 10.8% | 0.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 7.8% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 6.1% | 5.2% | 0.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.4% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying that year, among males, Afghanistan or Zambia?
- Afghanistan, at 4.8% against 4.2% in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying that year, among males between Afghanistan and Zambia?
- 0.6%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Zambia rank globally for probability of dying that year, among males?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 27th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying that year, among males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.