What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Mozambique and Zimbabwe?

0.62 deaths per 100 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Youth mortality rate

Mozambique

6.72 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

7.34 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Mozambique rank

23rd

Zimbabwe rank

21st

Youth mortality rate over time

Mozambique
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 7.34 deaths per 100 live births against 6.72 deaths per 100 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 0.62 deaths per 100 live births.

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

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

Mozambique ranks 23rd and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	24.72 deaths per 100 live births	10.95 deaths per 100 live births	13.77 deaths per 100 live births	Mozambique
2000s	15.21 deaths per 100 live births	10.63 deaths per 100 live births	4.58 deaths per 100 live births	Mozambique
2010s	9.24 deaths per 100 live births	7.64 deaths per 100 live births	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	Mozambique
2020s	7.21 deaths per 100 live births	7.27 deaths per 100 live births	0.0613 deaths per 100 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Mozambique or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 7.34 deaths per 100 live births against 6.72 deaths per 100 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Mozambique and Zimbabwe?: 0.62 deaths per 100 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Zimbabwe rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Mozambique ranks 23rd and Zimbabwe ranks 21st 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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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.