Which has higher number of child deaths, Zambia or Zimbabwe?

Zambia, at 32,949 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.

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

1,147 deaths, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia 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.

Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths

Zambia

32,949 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

31,802 deaths

in 2024

Zambia rank

32nd

Zimbabwe rank

35th

Number of child deaths over time

Zambia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 32,949 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1,147 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Zambia ahead.

Zambia ranks 32nd and Zimbabwe ranks 35th of 199 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Zambia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29,282 deaths	26,019 deaths	3,263 deaths	Zambia
1960s	32,164 deaths	26,632 deaths	5,532 deaths	Zambia
1970s	37,112 deaths	31,817 deaths	5,296 deaths	Zambia
1980s	50,002 deaths	33,014 deaths	16,988 deaths	Zambia
1990s	66,534 deaths	35,286 deaths	31,248 deaths	Zambia
2000s	52,961 deaths	40,439 deaths	12,522 deaths	Zambia
2010s	37,081 deaths	31,471 deaths	5,610 deaths	Zambia
2020s	33,002 deaths	30,745 deaths	2,256 deaths	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Zambia or Zimbabwe?: Zambia, at 32,949 deaths against 31,802 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Zambia and Zimbabwe?: 1,147 deaths, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths?: Zambia ranks 32nd 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 .