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Under-five mortality rate in Zimbabwe

The under-five mortality rate in Zimbabwe was 64.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2012.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 64.7 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 +0.5per 1,000 live births 2023: 64.2 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 17th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Zimbabwe 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 ZimbabweWorld
2024 64.7 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 64.2 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 64.0 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 62.4 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 61.7 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 58.6 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 56.3 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 56.7 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 57.5 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 59.2 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 59.8 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 62.6 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 68.0 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 77.2 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 85.2 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 89.8 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 91.1 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 90.6 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 87.6 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 91.6 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 91.2 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 91.9 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 93.8 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 96.3 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 99.4 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 +0.5 from 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 59.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by +4.9.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 17th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Zimbabwe

All statistics for Zimbabwe
Infant mortality rate 62.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 358 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 62.8 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.2 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 52.5 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 59 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 Zimbabwe
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)