Ethiopia vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Ethiopia
50.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
52.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
35th
Zambia rank
32nd
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 52.9 per 1,000 live births against 50.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 2.7 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 197 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 264.75 per 1,000 live births | 193.18 per 1,000 live births | 71.57 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 277.88 per 1,000 live births | 167.95 per 1,000 live births | 109.93 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 274.18 per 1,000 live births | 172.31 per 1,000 live births | 101.87 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 187.83 per 1,000 live births | 180.46 per 1,000 live births | 7.37 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 123.04 per 1,000 live births | 118.68 per 1,000 live births | 4.36 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 74.87 per 1,000 live births | 67.93 per 1,000 live births | 6.94 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 63.28 per 1,000 live births | 54.54 per 1,000 live births | 8.74 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Ethiopia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 52.9 per 1,000 live births against 50.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 2.7 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Ethiopia ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.