What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Zambia?

240,198, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Zambia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Zambia: Number of under-five deaths

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

273,147

in 2024

Zambia

32,949

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

29th

Zambia rank

32nd

Number of under-five deaths over time

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Zambia

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 273,147 against 32,949 in Zambia, a difference of 240,198.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 8.3 times Zambia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 47 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.74 million	66,534	1.67 million	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	916,271	52,961	863,310	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	539,138	37,081	502,058	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s	314,613	33,002	281,611	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Zambia?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 273,147 against 32,949 in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Zambia?: 240,198, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Zambia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Zambia rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.