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

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

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

IDA total vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, infant

IDA total

44.11 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

62.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA total rank

8th

Zimbabwe rank

6th

Mortality rate, infant over time

IDA total
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 44.11 per 1,000 live births in IDA total, a difference of 18.29 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times IDA total's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was IDA total ahead.

IDA total ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, IDA total averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	95.06 per 1,000 live births	57.7 per 1,000 live births	37.36 per 1,000 live births	IDA total
2000s	71.09 per 1,000 live births	63.53 per 1,000 live births	7.56 per 1,000 live births	IDA total
2010s	53.27 per 1,000 live births	57.51 per 1,000 live births	4.24 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe
2020s	46.19 per 1,000 live births	60.76 per 1,000 live births	14.57 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, IDA total or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 44.11 per 1,000 live births in IDA total as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA total and Zimbabwe?: 18.29 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA total and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: IDA total ranks 8th 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 (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: 03 September 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.