Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Brazil or Zimbabwe?

Brazil, at 18,331 deaths against 16,739 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Brazil and Zimbabwe?

1,592 deaths, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Zimbabwe?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Zimbabwe: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Brazil

18,331 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

16,739 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

26th

Zimbabwe rank

29th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Brazil
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 18,331 deaths against 16,739 deaths in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1,592 deaths.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 199 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	159,604 deaths	7,354 deaths	152,250 deaths	Brazil
1970s	149,652 deaths	9,793 deaths	139,859 deaths	Brazil
1980s	119,167 deaths	10,631 deaths	108,536 deaths	Brazil
1990s	78,168 deaths	7,635 deaths	70,532 deaths	Brazil
2000s	46,531 deaths	11,477 deaths	35,053 deaths	Brazil
2010s	28,871 deaths	13,828 deaths	15,043 deaths	Brazil
2020s	21,724 deaths	16,119 deaths	5,604 deaths	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Brazil or Zimbabwe?: Brazil, at 18,331 deaths against 16,739 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Brazil and Zimbabwe?: 1,592 deaths, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Zimbabwe?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Brazil ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .