Ethiopia vs Zambia: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Ethiopia
4.56 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
4.87 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
34th
Zambia rank
31st
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.87 deaths per 100 live births against 4.56 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.31 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 34th and Zambia ranks 31st of 106 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.93 deaths per 100 live births | 17.84 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 12.08 deaths per 100 live births | 11.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5283 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 7.01 deaths per 100 live births | 6.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6544 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 5.85 deaths per 100 live births | 5.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.819 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Ethiopia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.87 deaths per 100 live births against 4.56 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 0.31 deaths per 100 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Ethiopia ranks 34th and Zambia ranks 31st of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.