Mozambique vs Zimbabwe
Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique and 6.5 per 100 live births in Zimbabwe, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.09 times that in Mozambique.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Mozambique.
- In 2024, Mozambique ranked 22 and Zimbabwe ranked 17 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 9.8 | 9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 11.9 | 8.8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 14 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 14.8 | 9.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 16.5 | 9.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 17.4 | 10 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 18.4 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 19.4 | 10.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 20.3 | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 21.1 | 10.4 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 21.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 22.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 22.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 23.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 23.5 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 23.8 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 24.1 | 8 | 10 |
| 1987 | 24.4 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 24.8 | 8.5 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 25.1 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 25.5 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 25.8 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 26 | 11 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 30.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 26.2 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 26.3 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 26.4 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 26.5 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 26.6 | 12.1 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 26.7 | 12.1 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 26.9 | 12 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 27 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 27.2 | 12 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 27.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 27.3 | 12.2 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 27.4 | 12.4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 27.4 | 12.6 | 15 |
| 1967 | 27.4 | 12.9 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 27.3 | 13.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 27.2 | 13.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 27.1 | 14 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 27 | 14.4 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 28 | 14.7 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 15 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 15.4 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 15.6 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 15.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 16.1 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 16.3 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 16.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 16.7 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 18.1 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mozambique vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyMozambique: 63.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityMozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMozambique: 3.9% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateMozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMozambique: 37.2% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageMozambique: 16.3 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMozambique: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMozambique: $446M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personMozambique: $13 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelMozambique: 11,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerMozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsMozambique: 1 million TIV in 1977Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001