Somalia vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, infant, female
Somalia
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
55.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia rank
4th
Zimbabwe rank
6th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Somalia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 60 per 1,000 live births against 55.8 per 1,000 live births in Zimbabwe, a difference of 4.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 4th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 197 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.89 per 1,000 live births | 53.67 per 1,000 live births | 46.21 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 1990s | 131.67 per 1,000 live births | 50.75 per 1,000 live births | 80.92 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2000s | 95.93 per 1,000 live births | 56.5 per 1,000 live births | 39.43 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 97.42 per 1,000 live births | 51.28 per 1,000 live births | 46.14 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 67.48 per 1,000 live births | 54.3 per 1,000 live births | 13.18 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Somalia or Zimbabwe?
- Somalia, at 60 per 1,000 live births against 55.8 per 1,000 live births in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 4.2 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Somalia ranks 4th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.