Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Zambia

Infant mortality rate in Zambia in 2024 — 34.6 per 1,000. Ranked 162 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 65.2%.

2024 34.6 per 1,000 −1.14% vs 2023
World rank 162of 196
Period maximum 102.6 per 1,0001991
Period minimum 34.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Zambia, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 99.4 per 1,0001962: 96.9 per 1,0001964: 95.3 per 1,0001966: 94.6 per 1,0001968: 94.2 per 1,0001970: 92 per 1,0001972: 87.6 per 1,0001974: 83.1 per 1,0001976: 80.9 per 1,0001978: 81.6 per 1,0001980: 83.2 per 1,0001982: 85.2 per 1,0001984: 89.3 per 1,0001986: 94.9 per 1,0001988: 99.7 per 1,0001990: 102.3 per 1,0001992: 102.4 per 1,0001994: 100.3 per 1,0001996: 96.9 per 1,0001998: 94.5 per 1,0002000: 89.3 per 1,0002002: 78.7 per 1,0002004: 65.8 per 1,0002006: 56.4 per 1,0002008: 52.1 per 1,0002010: 48.6 per 1,0002012: 46.1 per 1,0002014: 43 per 1,0002016: 40.6 per 1,0002018: 37.7 per 1,0002020: 35.7 per 1,0002022: 35.4 per 1,0002024: 34.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −64.8 (−65.19%) Average annual rate: -1.64 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 34.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 34.6 −0.4 −1.14%
2023 35 −0.4 −1.13%
2022 35.4 −0.2 −0.56%
2021 35.6 −0.1 −0.28%
2020 35.7 −0.4 −1.11%
2019 36.1 −1.6 −4.24%
2018 37.7 −1.1 −2.84%
2017 38.8 −1.8 −4.43%
2016 40.6 −1.8 −4.25%
2015 42.4 −0.6 −1.4%
2014 43 −1.5 −3.37%
2013 44.5 −1.6 −3.47%
2012 46.1 −1.3 −2.74%
2011 47.4 −1.2 −2.47%
2010 48.6 −1.6 −3.19%
2009 50.2 −1.9 −3.65%
2008 52.1 −2.2 −4.05%
2007 54.3 −2.1 −3.72%
2006 56.4 −3.8 −6.31%
2005 60.2 −5.6 −8.51%
2004 65.8 −6.5 −8.99%
2003 72.3 −6.4 −8.13%
2002 78.7 −5.9 −6.97%
2001 84.6 −4.7 −5.26%
2000 89.3 −3.2 −3.46%
1999 92.5 −2 −2.12%
1998 94.5 −1.1 −1.15%
1997 95.6 −1.3 −1.34%
1996 96.9 −1.6 −1.62%
1995 98.5 −1.8 −1.79%
1994 100.3 −1.2 −1.18%
1993 101.5 −0.9 −0.88%
1992 102.4 −0.2 −0.19%
1991 102.6 +0.3 +0.29%
1990 102.3 +0.9 +0.89%
1989 101.4 +1.7 +1.71%
1988 99.7 +2.2 +2.26%
1987 97.5 +2.6 +2.74%
1986 94.9 +2.9 +3.15%
1985 92 +2.7 +3.02%
1984 89.3 +2.3 +2.64%
1983 87 +1.8 +2.11%
1982 85.2 +1.1 +1.31%
1981 84.1 +0.9 +1.08%
1980 83.2 +0.9 +1.09%
1979 82.3 +0.7 +0.86%
1978 81.6 +0.5 +0.62%
1977 81.1 +0.2 +0.25%
1976 80.9 −0.8 −0.98%
1975 81.7 −1.4 −1.68%
1974 83.1 −2.2 −2.58%
1973 85.3 −2.3 −2.63%
1972 87.6 −2.4 −2.67%
1971 90 −2 −2.17%
1970 92 −1.5 −1.6%
1969 93.5 −0.7 −0.74%
1968 94.2 −0.4 −0.42%
1967 94.6 +0 +0%
1966 94.6 −0.2 −0.21%
1965 94.8 −0.5 −0.52%
1964 95.3 −0.7 −0.73%
1963 96 −0.9 −0.93%
1962 96.9 −1.2 −1.22%
1961 98.1 −1.3 −1.31%
1960 99.4

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.