What is the difference in number of youth deaths between United States of America and Zimbabwe?

6,134 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Zimbabwe?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

United States of America vs Zimbabwe: Number of youth deaths

United States of America

29,856 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

35,990 deaths

in 2024

United States of America rank

39th

Zimbabwe rank

36th

Number of youth deaths over time

United States of America
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 35,990 deaths against 29,856 deaths in United States of America, a difference of 6,134 deaths.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

United States of America ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 36th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, United States of America averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United States of America	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	46,969 deaths	39,781 deaths	7,188 deaths	United States of America
2000s	38,634 deaths	45,476 deaths	6,842 deaths	Zimbabwe
2010s	32,514 deaths	36,591 deaths	4,077 deaths	Zimbabwe
2020s	30,052 deaths	35,129 deaths	5,077 deaths	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, United States of America or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 35,990 deaths against 29,856 deaths in United States of America as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between United States of America and Zimbabwe?: 6,134 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of youth deaths?: United States of America ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 36th 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth 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, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.