Zambia - Mortality rate
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 61.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 204.50 in 1960 and a minimum value of 61.40 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 204.50 |
| 1961 | 200.80 |
| 1962 | 197.20 |
| 1963 | 194.40 |
| 1964 | 191.90 |
| 1965 | 190.20 |
| 1966 | 189.30 |
| 1967 | 188.60 |
| 1968 | 187.30 |
| 1969 | 185.00 |
| 1970 | 181.40 |
| 1971 | 176.50 |
| 1972 | 170.70 |
| 1973 | 165.00 |
| 1974 | 159.90 |
| 1975 | 156.30 |
| 1976 | 154.60 |
| 1977 | 154.30 |
| 1978 | 154.80 |
| 1979 | 155.50 |
| 1980 | 156.40 |
| 1981 | 157.10 |
| 1982 | 158.00 |
| 1983 | 159.90 |
| 1984 | 163.10 |
| 1985 | 167.10 |
| 1986 | 171.30 |
| 1987 | 175.30 |
| 1988 | 178.20 |
| 1989 | 180.20 |
| 1990 | 181.50 |
| 1991 | 182.20 |
| 1992 | 181.90 |
| 1993 | 180.40 |
| 1994 | 177.50 |
| 1995 | 174.10 |
| 1996 | 170.90 |
| 1997 | 168.20 |
| 1998 | 165.30 |
| 1999 | 161.60 |
| 2000 | 155.90 |
| 2001 | 146.90 |
| 2002 | 136.10 |
| 2003 | 125.40 |
| 2004 | 115.20 |
| 2005 | 106.20 |
| 2006 | 98.50 |
| 2007 | 93.20 |
| 2008 | 88.70 |
| 2009 | 83.60 |
| 2010 | 79.00 |
| 2011 | 76.80 |
| 2012 | 74.70 |
| 2013 | 71.10 |
| 2014 | 68.30 |
| 2015 | 67.70 |
| 2016 | 65.30 |
| 2017 | 64.60 |
| 2018 | 65.40 |
| 2019 | 64.10 |
| 2020 | 61.40 |
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 56.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 195.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 56.50 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 195.90 |
| 1961 | 192.20 |
| 1962 | 188.90 |
| 1963 | 186.10 |
| 1964 | 183.90 |
| 1965 | 182.30 |
| 1966 | 181.30 |
| 1967 | 180.60 |
| 1968 | 179.50 |
| 1969 | 177.20 |
| 1970 | 173.80 |
| 1971 | 169.10 |
| 1972 | 163.40 |
| 1973 | 157.70 |
| 1974 | 152.80 |
| 1975 | 149.30 |
| 1976 | 147.50 |
| 1977 | 147.20 |
| 1978 | 147.80 |
| 1979 | 148.50 |
| 1980 | 149.40 |
| 1981 | 150.10 |
| 1982 | 150.70 |
| 1983 | 152.60 |
| 1984 | 155.60 |
| 1985 | 159.30 |
| 1986 | 163.30 |
| 1987 | 167.00 |
| 1988 | 169.80 |
| 1989 | 171.70 |
| 1990 | 172.80 |
| 1991 | 173.30 |
| 1992 | 172.90 |
| 1993 | 171.40 |
| 1994 | 168.50 |
| 1995 | 165.10 |
| 1996 | 162.00 |
| 1997 | 159.10 |
| 1998 | 156.10 |
| 1999 | 152.60 |
| 2000 | 146.80 |
| 2001 | 137.90 |
| 2002 | 127.40 |
| 2003 | 117.20 |
| 2004 | 107.20 |
| 2005 | 98.70 |
| 2006 | 91.40 |
| 2007 | 86.40 |
| 2008 | 82.10 |
| 2009 | 77.30 |
| 2010 | 72.90 |
| 2011 | 70.90 |
| 2012 | 68.90 |
| 2013 | 65.50 |
| 2014 | 62.90 |
| 2015 | 62.20 |
| 2016 | 60.00 |
| 2017 | 59.30 |
| 2018 | 60.10 |
| 2019 | 58.90 |
| 2020 | 56.50 |
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 66.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 212.70 in 1960 and a minimum value of 66.10 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 212.70 |
| 1961 | 208.80 |
| 1962 | 205.30 |
| 1963 | 202.20 |
| 1964 | 199.70 |
| 1965 | 198.00 |
| 1966 | 196.90 |
| 1967 | 196.10 |
| 1968 | 194.80 |
| 1969 | 192.50 |
| 1970 | 188.70 |
| 1971 | 183.60 |
| 1972 | 177.60 |
| 1973 | 171.80 |
| 1974 | 166.70 |
| 1975 | 162.90 |
| 1976 | 161.20 |
| 1977 | 161.00 |
| 1978 | 161.40 |
| 1979 | 162.00 |
| 1980 | 163.10 |
| 1981 | 163.80 |
| 1982 | 164.90 |
| 1983 | 166.90 |
| 1984 | 170.20 |
| 1985 | 174.50 |
| 1986 | 178.90 |
| 1987 | 182.90 |
| 1988 | 186.20 |
| 1989 | 188.40 |
| 1990 | 189.80 |
| 1991 | 190.50 |
| 1992 | 190.40 |
| 1993 | 188.90 |
| 1994 | 186.00 |
| 1995 | 182.50 |
| 1996 | 179.50 |
| 1997 | 176.80 |
| 1998 | 174.00 |
| 1999 | 170.30 |
| 2000 | 164.60 |
| 2001 | 155.50 |
| 2002 | 144.40 |
| 2003 | 133.40 |
| 2004 | 122.80 |
| 2005 | 113.30 |
| 2006 | 105.30 |
| 2007 | 99.70 |
| 2008 | 94.90 |
| 2009 | 89.60 |
| 2010 | 84.80 |
| 2011 | 82.50 |
| 2012 | 80.20 |
| 2013 | 76.30 |
| 2014 | 73.50 |
| 2015 | 72.90 |
| 2016 | 70.40 |
| 2017 | 69.60 |
| 2018 | 70.30 |
| 2019 | 69.00 |
| 2020 | 66.10 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 24.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.80 in 1988 and a minimum value of 24.00 in 2020.
Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1969 | 36.40 |
| 1970 | 36.10 |
| 1971 | 35.70 |
| 1972 | 35.20 |
| 1973 | 34.70 |
| 1974 | 34.30 |
| 1975 | 34.10 |
| 1976 | 34.10 |
| 1977 | 34.20 |
| 1978 | 34.30 |
| 1979 | 34.60 |
| 1980 | 34.80 |
| 1981 | 35.00 |
| 1982 | 35.20 |
| 1983 | 35.50 |
| 1984 | 35.90 |
| 1985 | 36.20 |
| 1986 | 36.50 |
| 1987 | 36.70 |
| 1988 | 36.80 |
| 1989 | 36.60 |
| 1990 | 36.20 |
| 1991 | 35.70 |
| 1992 | 35.40 |
| 1993 | 35.00 |
| 1994 | 34.80 |
| 1995 | 34.80 |
| 1996 | 34.90 |
| 1997 | 34.90 |
| 1998 | 35.00 |
| 1999 | 34.80 |
| 2000 | 34.30 |
| 2001 | 33.30 |
| 2002 | 31.90 |
| 2003 | 30.50 |
| 2004 | 29.10 |
| 2005 | 27.90 |
| 2006 | 27.10 |
| 2007 | 26.60 |
| 2008 | 26.30 |
| 2009 | 26.10 |
| 2010 | 26.00 |
| 2011 | 25.80 |
| 2012 | 25.60 |
| 2013 | 25.50 |
| 2014 | 25.40 |
| 2015 | 25.30 |
| 2016 | 25.20 |
| 2017 | 25.00 |
| 2018 | 24.70 |
| 2019 | 24.40 |
| 2020 | 24.00 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Zambia was 214.31 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 572.81 in 1997 and a minimum value of 214.31 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 367.32 |
| 1961 | 363.39 |
| 1962 | 359.46 |
| 1963 | 356.09 |
| 1964 | 352.73 |
| 1965 | 349.36 |
| 1966 | 346.00 |
| 1967 | 342.63 |
| 1968 | 338.15 |
| 1969 | 333.66 |
| 1970 | 329.18 |
| 1971 | 324.69 |
| 1972 | 320.20 |
| 1973 | 317.80 |
| 1974 | 315.40 |
| 1975 | 313.00 |
| 1976 | 310.60 |
| 1977 | 308.20 |
| 1978 | 313.36 |
| 1979 | 318.53 |
| 1980 | 323.69 |
| 1981 | 328.86 |
| 1982 | 334.02 |
| 1983 | 351.25 |
| 1984 | 368.47 |
| 1985 | 385.69 |
| 1986 | 402.92 |
| 1987 | 420.14 |
| 1988 | 439.48 |
| 1989 | 458.83 |
| 1990 | 478.17 |
| 1991 | 497.52 |
| 1992 | 516.86 |
| 1993 | 528.05 |
| 1994 | 539.24 |
| 1995 | 550.43 |
| 1996 | 561.62 |
| 1997 | 572.81 |
| 1998 | 570.09 |
| 1999 | 567.38 |
| 2000 | 564.67 |
| 2001 | 561.96 |
| 2002 | 559.25 |
| 2003 | 534.98 |
| 2004 | 510.71 |
| 2005 | 486.45 |
| 2006 | 462.18 |
| 2007 | 437.92 |
| 2008 | 406.91 |
| 2009 | 375.90 |
| 2010 | 344.90 |
| 2011 | 313.89 |
| 2012 | 282.88 |
| 2013 | 273.69 |
| 2014 | 264.50 |
| 2015 | 255.31 |
| 2016 | 246.12 |
| 2017 | 236.93 |
| 2018 | 221.57 |
| 2019 | 217.94 |
| 2020 | 214.31 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Zambia was 313.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 663.36 in 1997 and a minimum value of 313.32 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 424.64 |
| 1961 | 420.18 |
| 1962 | 415.73 |
| 1963 | 412.39 |
| 1964 | 409.05 |
| 1965 | 405.70 |
| 1966 | 402.36 |
| 1967 | 399.02 |
| 1968 | 394.65 |
| 1969 | 390.28 |
| 1970 | 385.91 |
| 1971 | 381.55 |
| 1972 | 377.18 |
| 1973 | 375.60 |
| 1974 | 374.02 |
| 1975 | 372.45 |
| 1976 | 370.87 |
| 1977 | 369.29 |
| 1978 | 378.83 |
| 1979 | 388.38 |
| 1980 | 397.92 |
| 1981 | 407.47 |
| 1982 | 417.01 |
| 1983 | 440.06 |
| 1984 | 463.11 |
| 1985 | 486.16 |
| 1986 | 509.21 |
| 1987 | 532.26 |
| 1988 | 551.45 |
| 1989 | 570.65 |
| 1990 | 589.84 |
| 1991 | 609.04 |
| 1992 | 628.23 |
| 1993 | 635.26 |
| 1994 | 642.28 |
| 1995 | 649.31 |
| 1996 | 656.34 |
| 1997 | 663.36 |
| 1998 | 656.33 |
| 1999 | 649.29 |
| 2000 | 642.25 |
| 2001 | 635.22 |
| 2002 | 628.18 |
| 2003 | 604.03 |
| 2004 | 579.88 |
| 2005 | 555.72 |
| 2006 | 531.57 |
| 2007 | 507.42 |
| 2008 | 478.56 |
| 2009 | 449.70 |
| 2010 | 420.84 |
| 2011 | 391.98 |
| 2012 | 363.12 |
| 2013 | 358.86 |
| 2014 | 354.60 |
| 2015 | 350.33 |
| 2016 | 346.07 |
| 2017 | 341.80 |
| 2018 | 321.14 |
| 2019 | 317.23 |
| 2020 | 313.32 |
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 37.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114.00 in 1960 and a minimum value of 37.80 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 114.00 |
| 1961 | 112.10 |
| 1962 | 110.30 |
| 1963 | 108.80 |
| 1964 | 107.60 |
| 1965 | 106.70 |
| 1966 | 106.30 |
| 1967 | 105.90 |
| 1968 | 105.30 |
| 1969 | 104.10 |
| 1970 | 102.20 |
| 1971 | 99.70 |
| 1972 | 96.70 |
| 1973 | 93.70 |
| 1974 | 91.10 |
| 1975 | 89.10 |
| 1976 | 88.10 |
| 1977 | 87.90 |
| 1978 | 88.10 |
| 1979 | 88.50 |
| 1980 | 89.00 |
| 1981 | 89.40 |
| 1982 | 89.80 |
| 1983 | 90.70 |
| 1984 | 92.40 |
| 1985 | 94.50 |
| 1986 | 96.70 |
| 1987 | 98.70 |
| 1988 | 100.00 |
| 1989 | 100.70 |
| 1990 | 100.90 |
| 1991 | 100.70 |
| 1992 | 100.00 |
| 1993 | 98.70 |
| 1994 | 96.70 |
| 1995 | 94.50 |
| 1996 | 92.60 |
| 1997 | 91.00 |
| 1998 | 89.20 |
| 1999 | 87.10 |
| 2000 | 83.90 |
| 2001 | 79.10 |
| 2002 | 73.30 |
| 2003 | 67.60 |
| 2004 | 61.70 |
| 2005 | 56.80 |
| 2006 | 53.50 |
| 2007 | 51.90 |
| 2008 | 49.80 |
| 2009 | 48.30 |
| 2010 | 46.70 |
| 2011 | 45.70 |
| 2012 | 44.80 |
| 2013 | 42.50 |
| 2014 | 41.90 |
| 2015 | 42.70 |
| 2016 | 41.50 |
| 2017 | 40.20 |
| 2018 | 39.90 |
| 2019 | 38.90 |
| 2020 | 37.80 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 41.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 121.50 in 1960 and a minimum value of 41.70 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 121.50 |
| 1961 | 119.50 |
| 1962 | 117.60 |
| 1963 | 116.00 |
| 1964 | 114.70 |
| 1965 | 113.80 |
| 1966 | 113.30 |
| 1967 | 112.90 |
| 1968 | 112.20 |
| 1969 | 111.00 |
| 1970 | 109.10 |
| 1971 | 106.40 |
| 1972 | 103.40 |
| 1973 | 100.30 |
| 1974 | 97.60 |
| 1975 | 95.70 |
| 1976 | 94.70 |
| 1977 | 94.60 |
| 1978 | 94.80 |
| 1979 | 95.20 |
| 1980 | 95.70 |
| 1981 | 96.10 |
| 1982 | 96.60 |
| 1983 | 97.70 |
| 1984 | 99.50 |
| 1985 | 101.60 |
| 1986 | 103.90 |
| 1987 | 105.90 |
| 1988 | 107.20 |
| 1989 | 107.90 |
| 1990 | 108.10 |
| 1991 | 107.90 |
| 1992 | 107.10 |
| 1993 | 105.80 |
| 1994 | 103.60 |
| 1995 | 101.30 |
| 1996 | 99.20 |
| 1997 | 97.50 |
| 1998 | 95.70 |
| 1999 | 93.50 |
| 2000 | 90.20 |
| 2001 | 85.30 |
| 2002 | 79.20 |
| 2003 | 73.20 |
| 2004 | 67.10 |
| 2005 | 61.90 |
| 2006 | 58.40 |
| 2007 | 56.70 |
| 2008 | 54.50 |
| 2009 | 52.90 |
| 2010 | 51.20 |
| 2011 | 50.10 |
| 2012 | 49.10 |
| 2013 | 46.60 |
| 2014 | 46.00 |
| 2015 | 46.90 |
| 2016 | 45.60 |
| 2017 | 44.30 |
| 2018 | 43.90 |
| 2019 | 42.90 |
| 2020 | 41.70 |
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Zambia was 45.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 45.30 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 128.60 |
| 1961 | 126.60 |
| 1962 | 124.60 |
| 1963 | 122.90 |
| 1964 | 121.50 |
| 1965 | 120.60 |
| 1966 | 120.00 |
| 1967 | 119.50 |
| 1968 | 118.90 |
| 1969 | 117.50 |
| 1970 | 115.50 |
| 1971 | 112.80 |
| 1972 | 109.60 |
| 1973 | 106.60 |
| 1974 | 103.90 |
| 1975 | 101.90 |
| 1976 | 101.00 |
| 1977 | 100.90 |
| 1978 | 101.20 |
| 1979 | 101.50 |
| 1980 | 102.10 |
| 1981 | 102.50 |
| 1982 | 103.10 |
| 1983 | 104.30 |
| 1984 | 106.10 |
| 1985 | 108.40 |
| 1986 | 110.70 |
| 1987 | 112.70 |
| 1988 | 114.10 |
| 1989 | 114.80 |
| 1990 | 114.90 |
| 1991 | 114.60 |
| 1992 | 113.90 |
| 1993 | 112.40 |
| 1994 | 110.20 |
| 1995 | 107.80 |
| 1996 | 105.60 |
| 1997 | 103.70 |
| 1998 | 101.90 |
| 1999 | 99.60 |
| 2000 | 96.30 |
| 2001 | 91.20 |
| 2002 | 84.90 |
| 2003 | 78.70 |
| 2004 | 72.30 |
| 2005 | 66.70 |
| 2006 | 63.00 |
| 2007 | 61.30 |
| 2008 | 59.00 |
| 2009 | 57.30 |
| 2010 | 55.50 |
| 2011 | 54.30 |
| 2012 | 53.20 |
| 2013 | 50.60 |
| 2014 | 50.00 |
| 2015 | 50.90 |
| 2016 | 49.50 |
| 2017 | 48.10 |
| 2018 | 47.70 |
| 2019 | 46.60 |
| 2020 | 45.30 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
