Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
34.83 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
57.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
17th
Zimbabwe rank
17th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Zimbabwe
255075100125150196019922024

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 57.8 per 1,000 live births against 34.83 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 22.97 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.7 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 47 groups.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 88.05 per 1,000 live births 90.07 per 1,000 live births 2.02 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2000s 63.52 per 1,000 live births 84.96 per 1,000 live births 21.44 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2010s 45.8 per 1,000 live births 57.55 per 1,000 live births 11.75 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2020s 37.06 per 1,000 live births 56.68 per 1,000 live births 19.62 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 57.8 per 1,000 live births against 34.83 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe?
22.97 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 17th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th 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, 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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.