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Under-five mortality rate in Zambia

The under-five mortality rate in Zambia was 48.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2024 48.4 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.7per 1,000 live births 2023: 49.1 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 32nd of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Zambia over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period ZambiaWorld
2024 48.4 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 49.1 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 49.5 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 50.4 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 52.5 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 53.5 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 54.7 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 55.2 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 57.1 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 60.2 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 62.6 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 66.0 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 69.2 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 71.8 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 74.3 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 78.4 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 84.2 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 89.1 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 94.8 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 102.7 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 111.7 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 122.1 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 132.9 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 143.2 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 151.8 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 from 49.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 62.6 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −14.2.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Zambia has the 32nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Zambia

All statistics for Zambia
Infant mortality rate 34.6 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 85 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 66.3 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 12.8 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 56.2 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 62 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Zambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)