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 35th out of 195 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.

Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe

Name: Number of under-five 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 under-five deaths was 31,802 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

31,802

Change on year

up 0.8%

World rank

35th

of 195 countries

All-time high

42,357

in 2009

All-time low

26,298

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe, 1960–2024

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 35th 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	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

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

32 Zambia 32,949 compare
33 Malawi 32,177 compare
34 South Sudan 31,993 compare
36 Ghana 31,720 compare
37 Mexico 26,500 compare
38 Iraq 25,396 compare

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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)

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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 35th out of 195 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

Indicator: Number of under-five 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, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.