What is number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe?

Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe was 30,713 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?

The highest recorded value was 33,309 in 2010.

What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?

The lowest recorded value was 13,968 in 1960.

How does Zimbabwe rank for number of infant deaths?

Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Zimbabwe?

Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe

Name: Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Zimbabwe: Number of infant deaths was 30,713 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

30,713

Change on year

up 0.5%

World rank

28th

of 195 countries

All-time high

33,309

in 2010

All-time low

13,968

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2024

Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe, 1960–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Zimbabwe recorded 30,713 for number of infant deaths in 2024.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe peaked at 33,309 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13,968, in 1960.

That places Zimbabwe 28th out of 195 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	14,564	13,968	15,292	10
1970s	19,236	15,702	23,134	10
1980s	22,910	19,591	25,497	10
1990s	20,972	19,186	23,933	10
2000s	28,234	24,536	33,272	10
2010s	28,279	25,398	33,309	10
2020s	29,495	27,412	30,713	5

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

25 China 36,113 compare
26 Burkina Faso 31,762 compare
27 Brazil 31,647 compare
29 Myanmar 29,371 compare
30 Guinea 28,994 compare
31 South Africa 28,570 compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

More health data for Zimbabwe

Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 228,081 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 216,294 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 214,434 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 224,382 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 222,324 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 230,154 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 230,074 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 227,765 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 230,104 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 204,185 (2025)

All data for Zimbabwe →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe?: Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe was 30,713 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?: The highest recorded value was 33,309 in 2010.
What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Zimbabwe?: The lowest recorded value was 13,968 in 1960.
How does Zimbabwe rank for number of infant deaths?: Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Zimbabwe?: Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

About this data

Indicator: Number of infant deaths
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, 13,405 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.