Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Zimbabwe

Infant mortality rate in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 62.4 per 1,000. Ranked 191 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21.3%.

2024 62.4 per 1,000 +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 191of 196
Period maximum 79.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 53.5 per 1,0001991

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Zimbabwe, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79.3 per 1,0001962: 76.9 per 1,0001964: 74 per 1,0001966: 70.9 per 1,0001968: 68.6 per 1,0001970: 67.9 per 1,0001972: 68.1 per 1,0001974: 69.8 per 1,0001976: 72.3 per 1,0001978: 75 per 1,0001980: 76.8 per 1,0001982: 73.4 per 1,0001984: 66.8 per 1,0001986: 60.5 per 1,0001988: 56.2 per 1,0001990: 54 per 1,0001992: 53.7 per 1,0001994: 58 per 1,0001996: 63.1 per 1,0001998: 59.6 per 1,0002000: 58.3 per 1,0002002: 58.7 per 1,0002004: 61.7 per 1,0002006: 65.9 per 1,0002008: 69.8 per 1,0002010: 67.4 per 1,0002012: 58.8 per 1,0002014: 54.7 per 1,0002016: 54.3 per 1,0002018: 54.4 per 1,0002020: 57.8 per 1,0002022: 61.6 per 1,0002024: 62.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −16.9 (−21.31%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 62.4 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 62.4 +0.2 +0.32%
2023 62.2 +0.6 +0.97%
2022 61.6 +1.8 +3.01%
2021 59.8 +2 +3.46%
2020 57.8 +2 +3.58%
2019 55.8 +1.4 +2.57%
2018 54.4 +0.2 +0.37%
2017 54.2 −0.1 −0.18%
2016 54.3 −0.4 −0.73%
2015 54.7 +0 +0%
2014 54.7 −1.9 −3.36%
2013 56.6 −2.2 −3.74%
2012 58.8 −5.4 −8.41%
2011 64.2 −3.2 −4.75%
2010 67.4 −2.4 −3.44%
2009 69.8 +0 +0%
2008 69.8 +1 +1.45%
2007 68.8 +2.9 +4.4%
2006 65.9 +1.4 +2.17%
2005 64.5 +2.8 +4.54%
2004 61.7 +2.2 +3.7%
2003 59.5 +0.8 +1.36%
2002 58.7 +0.4 +0.69%
2001 58.3 +0 +0%
2000 58.3 −0.7 −1.19%
1999 59 −0.6 −1.01%
1998 59.6 −2.6 −4.18%
1997 62.2 −0.9 −1.43%
1996 63.1 +4.4 +7.5%
1995 58.7 +0.7 +1.21%
1994 58 +2.8 +5.07%
1993 55.2 +1.5 +2.79%
1992 53.7 +0.2 +0.37%
1991 53.5 −0.5 −0.93%
1990 54 −1 −1.82%
1989 55 −1.2 −2.14%
1988 56.2 −1.9 −3.27%
1987 58.1 −2.4 −3.97%
1986 60.5 −2.9 −4.57%
1985 63.4 −3.4 −5.09%
1984 66.8 −3.4 −4.84%
1983 70.2 −3.2 −4.36%
1982 73.4 −2.3 −3.04%
1981 75.7 −1.1 −1.43%
1980 76.8 +0.5 +0.66%
1979 76.3 +1.3 +1.73%
1978 75 +1.4 +1.9%
1977 73.6 +1.3 +1.8%
1976 72.3 +1.3 +1.83%
1975 71 +1.2 +1.72%
1974 69.8 +1.1 +1.6%
1973 68.7 +0.6 +0.88%
1972 68.1 +0.3 +0.44%
1971 67.8 −0.1 −0.15%
1970 67.9 −0.2 −0.29%
1969 68.1 −0.5 −0.73%
1968 68.6 −0.9 −1.29%
1967 69.5 −1.4 −1.97%
1966 70.9 −1.5 −2.07%
1965 72.4 −1.6 −2.16%
1964 74 −1.5 −1.99%
1963 75.5 −1.4 −1.82%
1962 76.9 −1.2 −1.54%
1961 78.1 −1.2 −1.51%
1960 79.3

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.