Namibia vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4 per 100 live births in Namibia and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 1.23 times that in Namibia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2024, Namibia ranked 38 and Zambia ranked 32 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	Namibia	Zambia	World
2024	4	4.8	3.7
2023	4.1	4.9	3.8
2022	4.2	5	4
2021	4.3	5	4
2020	4.5	5.3	3.9
2019	4.7	5.4	4
2018	4.9	5.5	4
2017	5	5.5	4.1
2016	5.1	5.7	4.2
2015	5.2	6	4.3
2014	5	6.3	4.4
2013	5.1	6.6	4.5
2012	5.3	6.9	4.7
2011	5	7.2	5
2010	5	7.4	5.1
2009	5.3	7.8	5.3
2008	5.8	8.4	5.5
2007	6.2	8.9	5.7
2006	6.6	9.5	6
2005	7.1	10.3	6.2
2004	7.4	11.2	6.6
2003	7.6	12.2	6.8
2002	7.7	13.3	7.1
2001	7.8	14.3	7.4
2000	7.8	15.2	7.7
1999	7.8	15.8	7.9
1998	7.7	16.3	8.3
1997	7.6	16.6	8.4
1996	7.4	16.9	8.6
1995	7.3	17.2	8.8
1994	7.2	17.6	8.9
1993	7.1	17.9	9.1
1992	7.2	18	9.2
1991	7.2	18.1	9.3
1990	7.4	18.1	9.4
1989	7.5	17.9	9.5
1988	7.8	17.7	10
1987	8.1	17.4	9.9
1986	8.4	17	10.3
1985	8.8	16.6	10.6
1984	9.2	16.2	10.9
1983	9.6	15.9	11.1
1982	9.9	15.7	11.2
1981	10.1	15.6	11.6
1980	10.3	15.5	11.9
1979	10.3	15.4	11.9
1978	10.3	15.4	12.3
1977	10.2	15.4	12.6
1976	10.1	15.4	12.8
1975	10	15.6	13.1
1974	9.9	16	13.3
1973	9.8	16.5	13.5
1972	9.8	17	13.7
1971	9.7	17.5	13.9
1970	9.7	18	14.2
1969	9.7	18.4	14.6
1968	9.7	18.6	15
1967	9.6	18.8	15.3
1966	–	18.9	15.1
1965	–	19	15.1
1964	–	19.2	15.7
1963	–	19.5	16.2
1962	–	19.8	17
1961	–	20.1	18.8
1960	15.3	20.5	20.2
1959	–	20.9	19.9
1958	–	21.3	19.7
1957	–	21.7	20.5
1956	–	22.1	21.3
1955	–	22.5	22.3
1954	–	22.9	22.8
1953	–	23.4	23.3
1952	–	23.8	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

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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.

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