Sudan vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Sudan and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sudan, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 1.27 times that in Zambia.

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

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What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2024, Sudan ranked 20 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	Sudan	Zambia	World
2024	6.2	4.8	3.7
2023	6.3	4.9	3.8
2022	5.1	5	4
2021	5.3	5	4
2020	5.4	5.3	3.9
2019	5.6	5.4	4
2018	5.8	5.5	4
2017	6	5.5	4.1
2016	6.2	5.7	4.2
2015	6.4	6	4.3
2014	6.5	6.3	4.4
2013	6.7	6.6	4.5
2012	6.9	6.9	4.7
2011	7.1	7.2	5
2010	7.3	7.4	5.1
2009	7.6	7.8	5.3
2008	7.8	8.4	5.5
2007	8	8.9	5.7
2006	8.3	9.5	6
2005	9.9	10.3	6.2
2004	10.1	11.2	6.6
2003	9.2	12.2	6.8
2002	9.5	13.3	7.1
2001	9.9	14.3	7.4
2000	10.2	15.2	7.7
1999	10.5	15.8	7.9
1998	14.8	16.3	8.3
1997	11.2	16.6	8.4
1996	11.5	16.9	8.6
1995	11.8	17.2	8.8
1994	12.1	17.6	8.9
1993	12.3	17.9	9.1
1992	12.6	18	9.2
1991	12.8	18.1	9.3
1990	13.1	18.1	9.4
1989	13.3	17.9	9.5
1988	29.7	17.7	10
1987	13.8	17.4	9.9
1986	13.9	17	10.3
1985	17.8	16.6	10.6
1984	18.1	16.2	10.9
1983	18.3	15.9	11.1
1982	14.5	15.7	11.2
1981	14.7	15.6	11.6
1980	14.8	15.5	11.9
1979	14.9	15.4	11.9
1978	15	15.4	12.3
1977	15.1	15.4	12.6
1976	15.3	15.4	12.8
1975	15.4	15.6	13.1
1974	15.5	16	13.3
1973	15.6	16.5	13.5
1972	15.7	17	13.7
1971	15.8	17.5	13.9
1970	15.9	18	14.2
1969	16	18.4	14.6
1968	16.1	18.6	15
1967	16.3	18.8	15.3
1966	16.5	18.9	15.1
1965	16.7	19	15.1
1964	16.9	19.2	15.7
1963	17.1	19.5	16.2
1962	17.4	19.8	17
1961	17.6	20.1	18.8
1960	17.9	20.5	20.2
1959	18.2	20.9	19.9
1958	18.5	21.3	19.7
1957	18.8	21.7	20.5
1956	19.1	22.1	21.3
1955	19.4	22.5	22.3
1954	19.7	22.9	22.8
1953	20	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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