Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Mexico or Zimbabwe?

Mexico, at 25,454 deaths against 22,505 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Mexico and Zimbabwe?

2,949 deaths, with Mexico ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mexico vs Zimbabwe: Number of children who die before age 5

Mexico

25,454 deaths

in 2023

Zimbabwe

22,505 deaths

in 2023

Mexico rank

38th

Zimbabwe rank

41st

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Mexico
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 25,454 deaths against 22,505 deaths in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2,949 deaths.

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

Across all 74 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 41st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	294,859 deaths	25,324 deaths	269,535 deaths	Mexico
1960s	250,025 deaths	26,307 deaths	223,718 deaths	Mexico
1970s	209,081 deaths	30,514 deaths	178,567 deaths	Mexico
1980s	140,342 deaths	31,448 deaths	108,895 deaths	Mexico
1990s	89,409 deaths	33,725 deaths	55,685 deaths	Mexico
2000s	55,171 deaths	40,665 deaths	14,506 deaths	Mexico
2010s	37,153 deaths	31,849 deaths	5,304 deaths	Mexico
2020s	27,699 deaths	23,243 deaths	4,456 deaths	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Mexico or Zimbabwe?: Mexico, at 25,454 deaths against 22,505 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Mexico and Zimbabwe?: 2,949 deaths, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Zimbabwe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mexico and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Mexico ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 41st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.