Rwanda vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.8 per 100 live births in Rwanda and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.28 times that in Rwanda.

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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 since 2006, when it overtook Rwanda.
In 2024, Rwanda ranked 46 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	Rwanda	Zambia	World
2024	3.8	4.8	3.7
2023	3.9	4.9	3.8
2022	4	5	4
2021	4.1	5	4
2020	4.2	5.3	3.9
2019	4.3	5.4	4
2018	4.4	5.5	4
2017	4.5	5.5	4.1
2016	4.6	5.7	4.2
2015	4.7	6	4.3
2014	4.9	6.3	4.4
2013	5.1	6.6	4.5
2012	5.4	6.9	4.7
2011	5.8	7.2	5
2010	6.3	7.4	5.1
2009	6.9	7.8	5.3
2008	7.6	8.4	5.5
2007	8.4	8.9	5.7
2006	9.3	9.5	6
2005	10.5	10.3	6.2
2004	11.8	11.2	6.6
2003	13.3	12.2	6.8
2002	14.9	13.3	7.1
2001	16.7	14.3	7.4
2000	18.4	15.2	7.7
1999	20.1	15.8	7.9
1998	21.4	16.3	8.3
1997	22.1	16.6	8.4
1996	22.2	16.9	8.6
1995	21.8	17.2	8.8
1994	38.9	17.6	8.9
1993	19.3	17.9	9.1
1992	17.6	18	9.2
1991	16	18.1	9.3
1990	15.1	18.1	9.4
1989	14.7	17.9	9.5
1988	14.8	17.7	10
1987	15.1	17.4	9.9
1986	15.6	17	10.3
1985	16.1	16.6	10.6
1984	16.7	16.2	10.9
1983	17.5	15.9	11.1
1982	18.7	15.7	11.2
1981	20.2	15.6	11.6
1980	21.9	15.5	11.9
1979	23.5	15.4	11.9
1978	24.6	15.4	12.3
1977	25.1	15.4	12.6
1976	25	15.4	12.8
1975	24.5	15.6	13.1
1974	23.9	16	13.3
1973	23.3	16.5	13.5
1972	22.8	17	13.7
1971	22.4	17.5	13.9
1970	22	18	14.2
1969	21.7	18.4	14.6
1968	21.4	18.6	15
1967	21.1	18.8	15.3
1966	20.9	18.9	15.1
1965	20.7	19	15.1
1964	20.7	19.2	15.7
1963	20.8	19.5	16.2
1962	21	19.8	17
1961	21.3	20.1	18.8
1960	21.8	20.5	20.2
1959	22.4	20.9	19.9
1958	23.1	21.3	19.7
1957	23.8	21.7	20.5
1956	24.6	22.1	21.3
1955	24.5	22.5	22.3
1954	25	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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