What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Uganda and Zambia?

0.0002 deaths per person, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zambia?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Uganda vs Zambia: Number of child deaths, per capita

Uganda

0.0017 deaths per person

in 2024

Zambia

0.0015 deaths per person

in 2024

Uganda rank

25th

Zambia rank

26th

Number of child deaths, per capita over time

Uganda
Zambia

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.0017 deaths per person against 0.0015 deaths per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.0002 deaths per person.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Uganda ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Uganda	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0095 deaths per person	0.0088 deaths per person	0.0006 deaths per person	Uganda
1970s	0.0094 deaths per person	0.0075 deaths per person	0.0019 deaths per person	Uganda
1980s	0.0095 deaths per person	0.0074 deaths per person	0.0021 deaths per person	Uganda
1990s	0.0078 deaths per person	0.0077 deaths per person	0.0002 deaths per person	Uganda
2000s	0.0049 deaths per person	0.0047 deaths per person	0.0003 deaths per person	Uganda
2010s	0.0024 deaths per person	0.0023 deaths per person	0 deaths per person	Uganda
2020s	0.0017 deaths per person	0.0016 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, per capita, Uganda or Zambia?: Uganda, at 0.0017 deaths per person against 0.0015 deaths per person in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Uganda and Zambia?: 0.0002 deaths per person, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zambia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Uganda and Zambia rank globally for number of child deaths, per capita?: Uganda ranks 25th and Zambia ranks 26th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths, per capita
Unit: deaths per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 195 places, 11,379 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 12 September 2026

Number of child deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.