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Under-five mortality rate — Zimbabwe

Under-five mortality rate in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 64.7 per 1,000. Ranked 180 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 57.9%.

2024 64.7 per 1,000 +0.78% vs 2023
World rank 180of 196
Period maximum 153.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 56.3 per 1,0002018

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Zimbabwe, 1960–2024507510012515017519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 153.5 per 1,0001962: 147.1 per 1,0001964: 139.9 per 1,0001966: 132.1 per 1,0001968: 125.8 per 1,0001970: 122.3 per 1,0001972: 120.2 per 1,0001974: 120.3 per 1,0001976: 121.2 per 1,0001978: 121.8 per 1,0001980: 120 per 1,0001982: 109.8 per 1,0001984: 95.8 per 1,0001986: 84.5 per 1,0001988: 80.2 per 1,0001990: 84 per 1,0001992: 92.3 per 1,0001994: 102.7 per 1,0001996: 108.1 per 1,0001998: 97.1 per 1,0002000: 99.4 per 1,0002002: 93.8 per 1,0002004: 91.2 per 1,0002006: 87.6 per 1,0002008: 91.1 per 1,0002010: 85.2 per 1,0002012: 68 per 1,0002014: 59.8 per 1,0002016: 57.5 per 1,0002018: 56.3 per 1,0002020: 61.7 per 1,0002022: 64 per 1,0002024: 64.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −88.8 (−57.85%) Average annual rate: -1.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 64.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 64.7 +0.5 +0.78%
2023 64.2 +0.2 +0.31%
2022 64 +1.6 +2.56%
2021 62.4 +0.7 +1.13%
2020 61.7 +3.1 +5.29%
2019 58.6 +2.3 +4.09%
2018 56.3 −0.4 −0.71%
2017 56.7 −0.8 −1.39%
2016 57.5 −1.7 −2.87%
2015 59.2 −0.6 −1%
2014 59.8 −2.8 −4.47%
2013 62.6 −5.4 −7.94%
2012 68 −9.2 −11.92%
2011 77.2 −8 −9.39%
2010 85.2 −4.6 −5.12%
2009 89.8 −1.3 −1.43%
2008 91.1 +0.5 +0.55%
2007 90.6 +3 +3.42%
2006 87.6 −4 −4.37%
2005 91.6 +0.4 +0.44%
2004 91.2 −0.7 −0.76%
2003 91.9 −1.9 −2.03%
2002 93.8 −2.5 −2.6%
2001 96.3 −3.1 −3.12%
2000 99.4 −0.3 −0.3%
1999 99.7 +2.6 +2.68%
1998 97.1 −3.6 −3.57%
1997 100.7 −7.4 −6.85%
1996 108.1 +3.9 +3.74%
1995 104.2 +1.5 +1.46%
1994 102.7 +5.2 +5.33%
1993 97.5 +5.2 +5.63%
1992 92.3 +4.4 +5.01%
1991 87.9 +3.9 +4.64%
1990 84 +2.8 +3.45%
1989 81.2 +1 +1.25%
1988 80.2 −1.1 −1.35%
1987 81.3 −3.2 −3.79%
1986 84.5 −4.9 −5.48%
1985 89.4 −6.4 −6.68%
1984 95.8 −7 −6.81%
1983 102.8 −7 −6.38%
1982 109.8 −6 −5.18%
1981 115.8 −4.2 −3.5%
1980 120 −1.6 −1.32%
1979 121.6 −0.2 −0.16%
1978 121.8 +0.3 +0.25%
1977 121.5 +0.3 +0.25%
1976 121.2 +0.3 +0.25%
1975 120.9 +0.6 +0.5%
1974 120.3 +0.4 +0.33%
1973 119.9 −0.3 −0.25%
1972 120.2 −0.8 −0.66%
1971 121 −1.3 −1.06%
1970 122.3 −1.6 −1.29%
1969 123.9 −1.9 −1.51%
1968 125.8 −2.7 −2.1%
1967 128.5 −3.6 −2.73%
1966 132.1 −3.7 −2.72%
1965 135.8 −4.1 −2.93%
1964 139.9 −3.7 −2.58%
1963 143.6 −3.5 −2.38%
1962 147.1 −3.3 −2.19%
1961 150.4 −3.1 −2.02%
1960 153.5 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 14 MU Mauritius 15.4 ER Eritrea 34.3 TZ Tanzania 37 RW Rwanda 37.7 KE Kenya 38.8 KM Comoros 39 ET Ethiopia 44.5 BI Burundi 47.1 ZM Zambia 48.4 UG Uganda 48.7 MW Malawi 48.8 DJ Djibouti 48.9 MZ Mozambique 59.4 MG Madagascar 62.4 ZW Zimbabwe 64.7 SS South Sudan 96.7 SO Somalia 101.1
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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