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

0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Sudan ahead.

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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.

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Youth mortality rate

Sudan

7.42 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

7.34 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Sudan rank

20th

Zimbabwe rank

21st

Youth mortality rate over time

Sudan
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 7.42 deaths per 100 live births against 7.34 deaths per 100 live births in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Sudan ahead.

Sudan ranks 20th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sudan	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	17.86 deaths per 100 live births	13.74 deaths per 100 live births	4.12 deaths per 100 live births	Sudan
1980s	19.47 deaths per 100 live births	10.92 deaths per 100 live births	8.54 deaths per 100 live births	Sudan
1990s	14.36 deaths per 100 live births	10.95 deaths per 100 live births	3.41 deaths per 100 live births	Sudan
2000s	10.48 deaths per 100 live births	10.63 deaths per 100 live births	0.1549 deaths per 100 live births	Zimbabwe
2010s	7.3 deaths per 100 live births	7.64 deaths per 100 live births	0.3402 deaths per 100 live births	Zimbabwe
2020s	6.58 deaths per 100 live births	7.27 deaths per 100 live births	0.6933 deaths per 100 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Sudan or Zimbabwe?: Sudan, at 7.42 deaths per 100 live births against 7.34 deaths per 100 live births in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Sudan and Zimbabwe?: 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Zimbabwe?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Sudan and Zimbabwe rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Sudan ranks 20th 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.