Which has higher number of child deaths, South Sudan or Zimbabwe?

South Sudan, at 31,993 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between South Sudan and Zimbabwe?

191 deaths, with South Sudan ahead.

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

66 years are reported by both, from 1959 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths

South Sudan

31,993 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

31,802 deaths

in 2024

South Sudan rank

34th

Zimbabwe rank

35th

Number of child deaths over time

South Sudan
Zimbabwe

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 31,993 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe, a difference of 191 deaths.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was South Sudan ahead.

South Sudan ranks 34th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, South Sudan averaged higher in 7 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Sudan	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50,376 deaths	26,019 deaths	24,357 deaths	South Sudan
1960s	60,164 deaths	26,632 deaths	33,532 deaths	South Sudan
1970s	60,077 deaths	31,817 deaths	28,261 deaths	South Sudan
1980s	85,470 deaths	33,014 deaths	52,457 deaths	South Sudan
1990s	74,491 deaths	35,286 deaths	39,205 deaths	South Sudan
2000s	45,450 deaths	40,439 deaths	5,011 deaths	South Sudan
2010s	63,434 deaths	31,471 deaths	31,964 deaths	South Sudan
2020s	30,698 deaths	30,745 deaths	47.2 deaths	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, South Sudan or Zimbabwe?: South Sudan, at 31,993 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between South Sudan and Zimbabwe?: 191 deaths, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan and Zimbabwe?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do South Sudan and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths?: South Sudan ranks 34th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of 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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .