Ethiopia vs Zambia: Child mortality by sex
Ethiopia
5.02 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
5.29 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
35th
Zambia rank
32nd
Child mortality by sex over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 5.29 deaths per 100 live births against 5.02 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.27 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 199 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.47 deaths per 100 live births | 19.32 deaths per 100 live births | 7.16 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 27.79 deaths per 100 live births | 16.79 deaths per 100 live births | 10.99 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 27.42 deaths per 100 live births | 17.23 deaths per 100 live births | 10.19 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 18.78 deaths per 100 live births | 18.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7383 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 12.3 deaths per 100 live births | 11.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.436 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 7.49 deaths per 100 live births | 6.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6944 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 6.33 deaths per 100 live births | 5.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8726 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Ethiopia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 5.29 deaths per 100 live births against 5.02 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 0.27 deaths per 100 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Ethiopia ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .