What is the difference in child mortality rate between Djibouti and Zambia?

0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Djibouti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Zambia?

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.

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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Djibouti vs Zambia: Child mortality rate

Djibouti

4.89 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zambia

4.84 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Djibouti rank

29th

Zambia rank

32nd

Child mortality rate over time

Djibouti
Zambia

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 4.89 deaths per 100 live births against 4.84 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Djibouti ahead.

Djibouti ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	16.22 deaths per 100 live births	15.39 deaths per 100 live births	0.8312 deaths per 100 live births	Djibouti
1980s	13.34 deaths per 100 live births	16.54 deaths per 100 live births	3.2 deaths per 100 live births	Zambia
1990s	10.77 deaths per 100 live births	17.23 deaths per 100 live births	6.46 deaths per 100 live births	Zambia
2000s	8.81 deaths per 100 live births	11.11 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	Zambia
2010s	6.63 deaths per 100 live births	6.25 deaths per 100 live births	0.3854 deaths per 100 live births	Djibouti
2020s	5.22 deaths per 100 live births	5 deaths per 100 live births	0.2277 deaths per 100 live births	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Djibouti or Zambia?: Djibouti, at 4.89 deaths per 100 live births against 4.84 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Djibouti and Zambia?: 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Zambia?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Djibouti and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate?: Djibouti ranks 29th 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .