What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guinea and Zimbabwe?

2.6 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Zimbabwe?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, infant

Guinea

59.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

62.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

7th

Zimbabwe rank

6th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Guinea
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 59.8 per 1,000 live births in Guinea, a difference of 2.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 7th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 197 countries.

Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	186.79 per 1,000 live births	73.33 per 1,000 live births	113.46 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1970s	172.92 per 1,000 live births	71.05 per 1,000 live births	101.87 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1980s	149.1 per 1,000 live births	65.61 per 1,000 live births	83.49 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1990s	118.19 per 1,000 live births	57.7 per 1,000 live births	60.49 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2000s	84.33 per 1,000 live births	63.53 per 1,000 live births	20.8 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2010s	71.02 per 1,000 live births	57.51 per 1,000 live births	13.51 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2020s	62.84 per 1,000 live births	60.76 per 1,000 live births	2.08 per 1,000 live births	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Guinea or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 59.8 per 1,000 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guinea and Zimbabwe?: 2.6 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Zimbabwe?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Guinea ranks 7th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.