South Sudan vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9.7 per 100 live births in South Sudan and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 4.8 per 100 live births, or 2 times that in Zambia.

Watch it change on the map

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

South SudanZambiaWorld

What the numbers say

South Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1954.
In 2024, South Sudan ranked 5 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	South Sudan	Zambia	World
2024	9.7	4.8	3.7
2023	9.7	4.9	3.8
2022	9.7	5	4
2021	9.7	5	4
2020	9.7	5.3	3.9
2019	9.7	5.4	4
2018	13.4	5.5	4
2017	29.2	5.5	4.1
2016	27.3	5.7	4.2
2015	24.1	6	4.3
2014	18.3	6.3	4.4
2013	9.7	6.6	4.5
2012	9.9	6.9	4.7
2011	10.2	7.2	5
2010	10.7	7.4	5.1
2009	11.3	7.8	5.3
2008	11.9	8.4	5.5
2007	12.5	8.9	5.7
2006	13.2	9.5	6
2005	13.8	10.3	6.2
2004	14.6	11.2	6.6
2003	15.4	12.2	6.8
2002	16.2	13.3	7.1
2001	17.1	14.3	7.4
2000	18	15.2	7.7
1999	18.9	15.8	7.9
1998	43.1	16.3	8.3
1997	25.1	16.6	8.4
1996	26	16.9	8.6
1995	26.8	17.2	8.8
1994	22.8	17.6	8.9
1993	33.1	17.9	9.1
1992	33.7	18	9.2
1991	29.6	18.1	9.3
1990	30.1	18.1	9.4
1989	30.6	17.9	9.5
1988	78.1	17.7	10
1987	35.8	17.4	9.9
1986	26.5	17	10.3
1985	26.9	16.6	10.6
1984	27.3	16.2	10.9
1983	27.6	15.9	11.1
1982	27.9	15.7	11.2
1981	28.3	15.6	11.6
1980	28.6	15.5	11.9
1979	28.9	15.4	11.9
1978	29.3	15.4	12.3
1977	29.7	15.4	12.6
1976	30.1	15.4	12.8
1975	30.4	15.6	13.1
1974	30.7	16	13.3
1973	31.1	16.5	13.5
1972	31.4	17	13.7
1971	31.8	17.5	13.9
1970	40.5	18	14.2
1969	40.9	18.4	14.6
1968	40.4	18.6	15
1967	40.7	18.8	15.3
1966	41.1	18.9	15.1
1965	33.8	19	15.1
1964	34.1	19.2	15.7
1963	38.8	19.5	16.2
1962	34.7	19.8	17
1961	35	20.1	18.8
1960	35.3	20.5	20.2
1959	35.5	20.9	19.9
1958	35.7	21.3	19.7
1957	36	21.7	20.5
1956	36.3	22.1	21.3
1955	36.6	22.5	22.3
1954	36.8	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

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

South Sudan vs Zambia: Child mortality

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

South Sudan vs Zambia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment