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Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5

Madagascar
62.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
64.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar rank
19th
Zimbabwe rank
17th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Madagascar
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 64.7 per 1,000 live births against 62.4 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 2.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.