Ethiopia vs Zambia: Youth mortality rate
Ethiopia
5.17 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zambia
5.72 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
37th
Zambia rank
34th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 5.72 deaths per 100 live births against 5.17 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.55 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 34th of 199 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 27.26 deaths per 100 live births | 20.35 deaths per 100 live births | 6.91 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 22.26 deaths per 100 live births | 19.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 13.91 deaths per 100 live births | 12.69 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 7.84 deaths per 100 live births | 7.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4956 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 6.76 deaths per 100 live births | 5.91 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8498 deaths per 100 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Ethiopia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 5.72 deaths per 100 live births against 5.17 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 0.55 deaths per 100 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Ethiopia ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 34th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.