Child mortality rate: Zambia
4.84% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 73 years from 1952 to 2024 are below.
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.84 |
| 2023 | 4.91 |
| 2022 | 4.95 |
| 2021 | 5.04 |
| 2020 | 5.25 |
| 2019 | 5.35 |
| 2018 | 5.47 |
| 2017 | 5.52 |
| 2016 | 5.71 |
| 2015 | 6.02 |
| 2014 | 6.26 |
| 2013 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 6.92 |
| 2011 | 7.18 |
| 2010 | 7.43 |
| 2009 | 7.84 |
| 2008 | 8.42 |
| 2007 | 8.91 |
| 2006 | 9.48 |
| 2005 | 10.27 |
| 2004 | 11.17 |
| 2003 | 12.21 |
| 2002 | 13.29 |
| 2001 | 14.32 |
| 2000 | 15.18 |
| 1999 | 15.81 |
| 1998 | 16.25 |
| 1997 | 16.56 |
| 1996 | 16.87 |
| 1995 | 17.22 |
| 1994 | 17.58 |
| 1993 | 17.85 |
| 1992 | 18.02 |
| 1991 | 18.09 |
| 1990 | 18.07 |
| 1989 | 17.94 |
| 1988 | 17.69 |
| 1987 | 17.37 |
| 1986 | 16.98 |
| 1985 | 16.58 |
| 1984 | 16.21 |
| 1983 | 15.9 |
| 1982 | 15.68 |
| 1981 | 15.56 |
| 1980 | 15.49 |
| 1979 | 15.43 |
| 1978 | 15.39 |
| 1977 | 15.35 |
| 1976 | 15.4 |
| 1975 | 15.62 |
| 1974 | 15.98 |
| 1973 | 16.46 |
| 1972 | 17 |
| 1971 | 17.54 |
| 1970 | 18.02 |
| 1969 | 18.39 |
| 1968 | 18.63 |
| 1967 | 18.78 |
| 1966 | 18.88 |
| 1965 | 19.03 |
| 1964 | 19.22 |
| 1963 | 19.48 |
| 1962 | 19.78 |
| 1961 | 20.13 |
| 1960 | 20.5 |
| 1959 | 20.9 |
| 1958 | 21.3 |
| 1957 | 21.69 |
| 1956 | 22.11 |
| 1955 | 22.52 |
| 1954 | 22.92 |
| 1953 | 23.38 |
| 1952 | 23.75 |