Which has higher number of infant deaths, Myanmar or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 30,713 deaths against 29,371 deaths in Myanmar as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Myanmar and Zimbabwe?

1,342 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

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

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Myanmar vs Zimbabwe: Number of infant deaths

Myanmar

29,371 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

30,713 deaths

in 2024

Myanmar rank

29th

Zimbabwe rank

28th

Number of infant deaths over time

Myanmar
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 30,713 deaths against 29,371 deaths in Myanmar, a difference of 1,342 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 28th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Myanmar	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	122,861 deaths	15,292 deaths	107,569 deaths	Myanmar
1970s	118,568 deaths	19,236 deaths	99,332 deaths	Myanmar
1980s	107,925 deaths	22,910 deaths	85,016 deaths	Myanmar
1990s	88,076 deaths	20,972 deaths	67,104 deaths	Myanmar
2000s	67,009 deaths	28,234 deaths	38,774 deaths	Myanmar
2010s	42,638 deaths	28,279 deaths	14,358 deaths	Myanmar
2020s	31,796 deaths	29,495 deaths	2,301 deaths	Myanmar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Myanmar or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 30,713 deaths against 29,371 deaths in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Myanmar and Zimbabwe?: 1,342 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Zimbabwe?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Myanmar ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 28th 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant 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, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .