Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, Afghanistan or Mozambique?

Afghanistan, at 34,962 against 34,041 in Mozambique as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mozambique?

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Number of under-five deaths, female

Afghanistan

34,962

in 2024

Mozambique

34,041

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

13th

Mozambique rank

15th

Number of under-five deaths, female over time

Afghanistan
Mozambique

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 34,962 against 34,041 in Mozambique, a difference of 921.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 13th and Mozambique ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Mozambique in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1960s	77,286	47,658	29,627	Afghanistan
1970s	83,043	54,945	28,098	Afghanistan
1980s	72,149	72,528	379.5	Mozambique
1990s	56,769	65,650	8,881	Mozambique
2000s	54,549	50,050	4,499	Afghanistan
2010s	42,702	38,142	4,560	Afghanistan
2020s	36,793	35,178	1,615	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, female, Afghanistan or Mozambique?: Afghanistan, at 34,962 against 34,041 in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, female between Afghanistan and Mozambique?: 921, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mozambique?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Mozambique rank globally for number of under-five deaths, female?: Afghanistan ranks 13th and Mozambique ranks 15th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid, drawing on Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-female/afghanistan/mozambique/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-female/afghanistan/mozambique/">Afghanistan vs Mozambique: Number of under-five deaths, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths, female
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 12,963 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of female children dying before reaching age five.