Uganda vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Uganda and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.01 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

Uganda has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2024, Uganda ranked 31 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	Uganda	Zambia	World
2024	4.9	4.8	3.7
2023	4.9	4.9	3.8
2022	5	5	4
2021	5	5	4
2020	5.1	5.3	3.9
2019	5.2	5.4	4
2018	5.3	5.5	4
2017	5.4	5.5	4.1
2016	5.6	5.7	4.2
2015	5.8	6	4.3
2014	6	6.3	4.4
2013	6.3	6.6	4.5
2012	6.7	6.9	4.7
2011	7.1	7.2	5
2010	7.6	7.4	5.1
2009	8.1	7.8	5.3
2008	8.6	8.4	5.5
2007	9.3	8.9	5.7
2006	9.9	9.5	6
2005	10.7	10.3	6.2
2004	11.4	11.2	6.6
2003	12.2	12.2	6.8
2002	13	13.3	7.1
2001	13.7	14.3	7.4
2000	14.4	15.2	7.7
1999	15	15.8	7.9
1998	15.4	16.3	8.3
1997	15.8	16.6	8.4
1996	16	16.9	8.6
1995	16.3	17.2	8.8
1994	16.6	17.6	8.9
1993	16.9	17.9	9.1
1992	17.3	18	9.2
1991	17.8	18.1	9.3
1990	18.2	18.1	9.4
1989	18.6	17.9	9.5
1988	18.9	17.7	10
1987	19.3	17.4	9.9
1986	19.6	17	10.3
1985	19.9	16.6	10.6
1984	20.4	16.2	10.9
1983	21	15.9	11.1
1982	21.5	15.7	11.2
1981	21.9	15.6	11.6
1980	22.1	15.5	11.9
1979	21.9	15.4	11.9
1978	21.7	15.4	12.3
1977	21.3	15.4	12.6
1976	20.9	15.4	12.8
1975	20.4	15.6	13.1
1974	20	16	13.3
1973	19.7	16.5	13.5
1972	19.5	17	13.7
1971	19.4	17.5	13.9
1970	19.5	18	14.2
1969	19.6	18.4	14.6
1968	19.8	18.6	15
1967	20.1	18.8	15.3
1966	20.4	18.9	15.1
1965	20.7	19	15.1
1964	21	19.2	15.7
1963	21.2	19.5	16.2
1962	21.5	19.8	17
1961	21.9	20.1	18.8
1960	22.3	20.5	20.2
1959	22.7	20.9	19.9
1958	23.1	21.3	19.7
1957	23.5	21.7	20.5
1956	24	22.1	21.3
1955	24.5	22.5	22.3
1954	24.9	22.9	22.8
1953	25.4	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

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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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