Sub-Saharan Africa vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, infant, male
Sub-Saharan Africa
51.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
68.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
6th
Zimbabwe rank
6th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 68.6 per 1,000 live births against 51.8 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 16.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 106.51 per 1,000 live births | 64.32 per 1,000 live births | 42.19 per 1,000 live births | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 81.63 per 1,000 live births | 70.21 per 1,000 live births | 11.42 per 1,000 live births | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 60.59 per 1,000 live births | 63.43 per 1,000 live births | 2.84 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 54.1 per 1,000 live births | 66.82 per 1,000 live births | 12.72 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Sub-Saharan Africa or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 68.6 per 1,000 live births against 51.8 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 16.8 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.