World vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5, male
World
39.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
71 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
World rank
18th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- World
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 71 per 1,000 live births against 39.7 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 31.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.8 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was World ahead.
World ranks 18th 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 | World | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.08 per 1,000 live births | 104.46 per 1,000 live births | 14.38 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 66.26 per 1,000 live births | 99.36 per 1,000 live births | 33.1 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 46.13 per 1,000 live births | 70.37 per 1,000 live births | 24.24 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 41.2 per 1,000 live births | 69.64 per 1,000 live births | 28.44 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, World or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 71 per 1,000 live births against 39.7 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between World and Zimbabwe?
- 31.3 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for World and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do World and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- World ranks 18th 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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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.