Tanzania vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births in Tanzania 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 1.31 times that in Tanzania.

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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 1988, when it overtook Tanzania.
In 2024, Tanzania ranked 47 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	Tanzania	Zambia	World
2024	3.7	4.8	3.7
2023	3.9	4.9	3.8
2022	4	5	4
2021	4.2	5	4
2020	4.4	5.3	3.9
2019	4.6	5.4	4
2018	4.8	5.5	4
2017	5	5.5	4.1
2016	5.2	5.7	4.2
2015	5.4	6	4.3
2014	5.6	6.3	4.4
2013	5.9	6.6	4.5
2012	6.2	6.9	4.7
2011	6.5	7.2	5
2010	6.8	7.4	5.1
2009	7.2	7.8	5.3
2008	7.7	8.4	5.5
2007	8.1	8.9	5.7
2006	8.7	9.5	6
2005	9.2	10.3	6.2
2004	9.8	11.2	6.6
2003	10.5	12.2	6.8
2002	11.2	13.3	7.1
2001	12	14.3	7.4
2000	12.8	15.2	7.7
1999	13.6	15.8	7.9
1998	14.2	16.3	8.3
1997	14.8	16.6	8.4
1996	15.2	16.9	8.6
1995	15.6	17.2	8.8
1994	15.9	17.6	8.9
1993	16.1	17.9	9.1
1992	16.4	18	9.2
1991	16.6	18.1	9.3
1990	16.8	18.1	9.4
1989	17	17.9	9.5
1988	17.2	17.7	10
1987	17.5	17.4	9.9
1986	17.7	17	10.3
1985	17.8	16.6	10.6
1984	17.9	16.2	10.9
1983	17.9	15.9	11.1
1982	17.9	15.7	11.2
1981	17.9	15.6	11.6
1980	18	15.5	11.9
1979	18.2	15.4	11.9
1978	18.5	15.4	12.3
1977	18.8	15.4	12.6
1976	19.3	15.4	12.8
1975	19.7	15.6	13.1
1974	20.1	16	13.3
1973	20.5	16.5	13.5
1972	20.8	17	13.7
1971	21.2	17.5	13.9
1970	21.5	18	14.2
1969	21.8	18.4	14.6
1968	22.1	18.6	15
1967	22.4	18.8	15.3
1966	22.7	18.9	15.1
1965	23	19	15.1
1964	23.3	19.2	15.7
1963	23.5	19.5	16.2
1962	23.7	19.8	17
1961	23.9	20.1	18.8
1960	24.1	20.5	20.2
1959	24.3	20.9	19.9
1958	24.4	21.3	19.7
1957	24.6	21.7	20.5
1956	24.8	22.1	21.3
1955	25	22.5	22.3
1954	25.2	22.9	22.8
1953	25.3	23.4	23.3
1952	25.5	23.8	23.9
1951	25.7	–	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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