Zambia

Child mortality in Zambia

Child mortality in Zambia: 23.8 per 100 live births in 1952 and 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
4.8 per 100 live births
Since 1952
−18.9 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
32 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in ZambiaChild mortality in Zambia: 23.8 per 100 live births in 1952 and 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Zambia ranked 32 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearZambiaWorld
20244.83.7
20234.93.8
202254
202154
20205.33.9
20195.44
20185.54
20175.54.1
20165.74.2
201564.3
20146.34.4
20136.64.5
20126.94.7
20117.25
20107.45.1
20097.85.3
20088.45.5
20078.95.7
20069.56
200510.36.2
200411.26.6
200312.26.8
200213.37.1
200114.37.4
200015.27.7
199915.87.9
199816.38.3
199716.68.4
199616.98.6
199517.28.8
199417.68.9
199317.99.1
1992189.2
199118.19.3
199018.19.4
198917.99.5
198817.710
198717.49.9
19861710.3
198516.610.6
198416.210.9
198315.911.1
198215.711.2
198115.611.6
198015.511.9
197915.411.9
197815.412.3
197715.412.6
197615.412.8
197515.613.1
19741613.3
197316.513.5
19721713.7
197117.513.9
19701814.2
196918.414.6
196818.615
196718.815.3
196618.915.1
19651915.1
196419.215.7
196319.516.2
196219.817
196120.118.8
196020.520.2
195920.919.9
195821.319.7
195721.720.5
195622.121.3
195522.522.3
195422.922.8
195323.423.3
195223.823.9
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

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.

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