What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Togo and Zambia?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Togo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Zambia?

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.

Togo vs Zambia: Mortality rate, infant

Togo

34.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

34.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Togo rank

33rd

Zambia rank

34th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Togo
Zambia

How they compare

Togo currently reports 34.8 per 1,000 live births against 34.6 per 1,000 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Togo ahead.

Togo ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 34th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Togo averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Togo	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	129.21 per 1,000 live births	95.74 per 1,000 live births	33.47 per 1,000 live births	Togo
1970s	111.66 per 1,000 live births	84.56 per 1,000 live births	27.1 per 1,000 live births	Togo
1980s	92.54 per 1,000 live births	91.43 per 1,000 live births	1.11 per 1,000 live births	Togo
1990s	79.95 per 1,000 live births	98.71 per 1,000 live births	18.76 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2000s	62.28 per 1,000 live births	66.39 per 1,000 live births	4.11 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	46.29 per 1,000 live births	42.52 per 1,000 live births	3.77 per 1,000 live births	Togo
2020s	36.96 per 1,000 live births	35.26 per 1,000 live births	1.7 per 1,000 live births	Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Togo or Zambia?: Togo, at 34.8 per 1,000 live births against 34.6 per 1,000 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Togo and Zambia?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Zambia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Togo and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Togo ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 34th 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: 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.