Low & middle income vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5
Low & middle income
40.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
64.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low & middle income rank
14th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Low & middle income
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.8 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income, a difference of 23.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.6 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Low & middle income ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 97.48 per 1,000 live births | 97.42 per 1,000 live births | 0.0648 per 1,000 live births | Low & middle income |
| 2000s | 70.89 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 21.44 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 48.45 per 1,000 live births | 64.11 per 1,000 live births | 15.66 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 42.63 per 1,000 live births | 63.4 per 1,000 live births | 20.77 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, Low & middle income or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.8 per 1,000 live births in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Low & middle income and Zimbabwe?
- 23.9 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Low & middle income and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Low & middle income ranks 14th 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 (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.