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Zambia: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

48.40per 1,000 live births · 2024-22.7% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Zambia from 1952 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202448.4
202349.1
202249.5
202150.4
202052.5
201953.5
201854.7
201755.2
201657.1
201560.2
201462.6
201366
201269.2
201171.8
201074.3
200978.4
200884.2
200789.1
200694.8
2005102.7
2004111.7
2003122.1
2002132.9
2001143.2
2000151.8
1999158.1
1998162.5
1997165.6
1996168.7
1995172.2
1994175.8
1993178.5
1992180.2
1991180.9
1990180.7
1989179.4
1988176.9
1987173.7
1986169.8
1985165.8
1984162.1
1983159
1982156.8
1981155.6
1980154.9
1979154.3
1978153.9
1977153.5
1976154
1975156.2
1974159.8
1973164.6
1972170
1971175.4
1970180.2
1969183.9
1968186.3
1967187.8
1966188.8
1965190.3
1964192.2
1963194.8
1962197.8
1961201.3
1960205
1959209
1958213
1957216.9
1956221.1
1955225.2
1954229.2
1953233.8
1952237.5

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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