Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Afghanistan
4.0%
in 2023
Madagascar
4.1%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
23rd
Madagascar rank
22nd
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Afghanistan
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 4.1% against 4.0% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 24.8% | 12.2% | 12.7% | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 21.0% | 10.6% | 10.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 17.6% | 9.4% | 8.2% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 15.1% | 9.6% | 5.5% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 10.4% | 7.6% | 2.7% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 5.2% | 2.2% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 1.1% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 4.1% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Afghanistan or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 4.1% against 4.0% in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 0.1%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Madagascar rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Madagascar ranks 22nd 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 in infancy, by sex. 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.