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Zambia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Zambia, 1960–2024.
Latest value · 2024
34.6
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -65.2% since 1960
Infant mortality for Zambia was 34.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 102.6 in 1991. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.64% per year.
Zambia ranks 34 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Zambia sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 66% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
34.6
First (1960)
99.4
Change
-65.2%
Highest
102.6
in 1991
Lowest
34.6
in 2024
Average
76.5
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.64%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.6 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2022 | 35.4 |
| 2021 | 35.6 |
| 2020 | 35.7 |
| 2019 | 36.1 |
| 2018 | 37.7 |
| 2017 | 38.8 |
| 2016 | 40.6 |
| 2015 | 42.4 |
| 2014 | 43 |
| 2013 | 44.5 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.