Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Number of under-five deaths was 31,802 in 2024. β² Rising
Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe, 1960β2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 31,802 for number of under-five deaths in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe peaked at 42,357 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 26,298, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 36th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,632 | 26,298 | 27,069 | 10 |
| 1970s | 31,817 | 27,520 | 36,379 | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,014 | 28,974 | 37,001 | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,286 | 30,151 | 38,798 | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,439 | 38,761 | 42,357 | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,471 | 26,347 | 41,493 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,745 | 29,228 | 31,802 | 5 |
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More health data for Zimbabwe
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 874.6 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 4,457 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4771 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 138,900 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe?
- Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe was 31,802 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 42,357 in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,298 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Zimbabwe ranks 36th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.