Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Madagascar
57.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
57.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar rank
19th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Madagascar
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 57.8 per 1,000 live births against 57.1 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 154.88 per 1,000 live births | 111.84 per 1,000 live births | 43.04 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 198.72 per 1,000 live births | 87.61 per 1,000 live births | 111.11 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 125.18 per 1,000 live births | 90.07 per 1,000 live births | 35.11 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 80.71 per 1,000 live births | 84.96 per 1,000 live births | 4.25 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 60.78 per 1,000 live births | 57.55 per 1,000 live births | 3.23 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 58.7 per 1,000 live births | 56.68 per 1,000 live births | 2.02 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Madagascar or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 57.8 per 1,000 live births against 57.1 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Madagascar and Zimbabwe?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zimbabwe?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.