Middle income vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5
Middle income
34.27 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
64.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income rank
20th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Middle income
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 30.43 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.9 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 45 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 | 87.02 per 1,000 live births | 97.42 per 1,000 live births | 10.4 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 62.28 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 30.05 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 41.56 per 1,000 live births | 64.11 per 1,000 live births | 22.55 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 35.56 per 1,000 live births | 63.4 per 1,000 live births | 27.84 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, Middle income or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.27 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Middle income and Zimbabwe?
- 30.43 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?
- Middle income ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 45 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.