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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Low income 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.

Low income vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, infant

Low income

46.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

62.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Low income rank

7th

Zimbabwe rank

6th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Low income
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income, a difference of 15.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Low income ahead.

Low income ranks 7th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	102.52 per 1,000 live births	57.7 per 1,000 live births	44.82 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2000s	76.36 per 1,000 live births	63.53 per 1,000 live births	12.83 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2010s	55.82 per 1,000 live births	57.51 per 1,000 live births	1.69 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe
2020s	48.74 per 1,000 live births	60.76 per 1,000 live births	12.02 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Low income or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 62.4 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Low income and Zimbabwe?: 15.7 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Low income and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Low income ranks 7th 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.