Middle income vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Middle income
36.34 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
71 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income rank
20th
Zimbabwe rank
17th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Middle income
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 71 per 1,000 live births against 36.34 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 34.66 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 2.0 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle income ahead.

Middle income ranks 20th 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 income Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 88.72 per 1,000 live births 104.46 per 1,000 live births 15.74 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2000s 63.96 per 1,000 live births 99.36 per 1,000 live births 35.4 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2010s 43.45 per 1,000 live births 70.37 per 1,000 live births 26.92 per 1,000 live births Zimbabwe
2020s 37.63 per 1,000 live births 69.64 per 1,000 live births 32.01 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, male, Middle income or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 71 per 1,000 live births against 36.34 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Middle income and Zimbabwe?
34.66 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Zimbabwe?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Middle income and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Middle income ranks 20th 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, 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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, 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.