Eswatini vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5
Eswatini
45.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
48.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Eswatini rank
35th
Zambia rank
32nd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Eswatini
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 45.1 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 3.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 196 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192.46 per 1,000 live births | 192.82 per 1,000 live births | 0.36 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 1970s | 144.86 per 1,000 live births | 162.19 per 1,000 live births | 17.33 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 1980s | 90.2 per 1,000 live births | 165.4 per 1,000 live births | 75.2 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 1990s | 81.84 per 1,000 live births | 172.32 per 1,000 live births | 90.48 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2000s | 109.51 per 1,000 live births | 111.09 per 1,000 live births | 1.58 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2010s | 59.95 per 1,000 live births | 62.46 per 1,000 live births | 2.51 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 47.4 per 1,000 live births | 49.98 per 1,000 live births | 2.58 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Eswatini or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 45.1 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Eswatini and Zambia?
- 3.3 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Eswatini ranks 35th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.