Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5
Sudan
61.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
64.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sudan rank
20th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Sudan
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 61.6 per 1,000 live births in Sudan, a difference of 3.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Sudan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.
Sudan ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 168.4 per 1,000 live births | 138.06 per 1,000 live births | 30.34 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 1970s | 154.21 per 1,000 live births | 121.07 per 1,000 live births | 33.14 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 1980s | 168.83 per 1,000 live births | 96.08 per 1,000 live births | 72.75 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 1990s | 122.72 per 1,000 live births | 97.42 per 1,000 live births | 25.3 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 2000s | 90.44 per 1,000 live births | 92.33 per 1,000 live births | 1.89 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 64.54 per 1,000 live births | 64.11 per 1,000 live births | 0.43 per 1,000 live births | Sudan |
| 2020s | 56.54 per 1,000 live births | 63.4 per 1,000 live births | 6.86 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, Sudan or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 61.6 per 1,000 live births in Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Sudan and Zimbabwe?
- 3.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Zimbabwe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sudan and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Sudan ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th 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.