Zimbabwe - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Zimbabwe was 16,354 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,133 in 2009 and a minimum value of 16,350 in 1960.
Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.
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 | 16,350 |
| 1961 | 16,514 |
| 1962 | 16,641 |
| 1963 | 16,735 |
| 1964 | 16,790 |
| 1965 | 16,851 |
| 1966 | 16,940 |
| 1967 | 17,059 |
| 1968 | 17,252 |
| 1969 | 17,557 |
| 1970 | 17,950 |
| 1971 | 18,455 |
| 1972 | 19,058 |
| 1973 | 19,740 |
| 1974 | 20,475 |
| 1975 | 21,253 |
| 1976 | 21,993 |
| 1977 | 22,638 |
| 1978 | 23,098 |
| 1979 | 23,276 |
| 1980 | 23,175 |
| 1981 | 22,713 |
| 1982 | 21,980 |
| 1983 | 21,111 |
| 1984 | 20,242 |
| 1985 | 19,502 |
| 1986 | 18,935 |
| 1987 | 18,651 |
| 1988 | 18,505 |
| 1989 | 18,530 |
| 1990 | 18,705 |
| 1991 | 18,984 |
| 1992 | 19,381 |
| 1993 | 19,822 |
| 1994 | 20,226 |
| 1995 | 20,652 |
| 1996 | 20,714 |
| 1997 | 20,473 |
| 1998 | 20,086 |
| 1999 | 19,623 |
| 2000 | 19,301 |
| 2001 | 19,175 |
| 2002 | 19,261 |
| 2003 | 19,451 |
| 2004 | 20,130 |
| 2005 | 20,791 |
| 2006 | 22,017 |
| 2007 | 23,113 |
| 2008 | 23,711 |
| 2009 | 24,133 |
| 2010 | 23,804 |
| 2011 | 23,680 |
| 2012 | 21,931 |
| 2013 | 21,210 |
| 2014 | 20,245 |
| 2015 | 19,665 |
| 2016 | 18,753 |
| 2017 | 18,018 |
| 2018 | 17,196 |
| 2019 | 16,615 |
| 2020 | 16,354 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Zimbabwe was 23,533 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40,138 in 2008 and a minimum value of 23,533 in 2020.
Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.
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 | 25,888 |
| 1961 | 26,062 |
| 1962 | 26,178 |
| 1963 | 26,241 |
| 1964 | 26,241 |
| 1965 | 26,253 |
| 1966 | 26,311 |
| 1967 | 26,412 |
| 1968 | 26,633 |
| 1969 | 27,037 |
| 1970 | 27,586 |
| 1971 | 28,312 |
| 1972 | 29,195 |
| 1973 | 30,211 |
| 1974 | 31,329 |
| 1975 | 32,546 |
| 1976 | 33,739 |
| 1977 | 34,815 |
| 1978 | 35,613 |
| 1979 | 35,946 |
| 1980 | 35,783 |
| 1981 | 34,977 |
| 1982 | 33,650 |
| 1983 | 32,044 |
| 1984 | 30,419 |
| 1985 | 29,020 |
| 1986 | 28,022 |
| 1987 | 27,585 |
| 1988 | 27,650 |
| 1989 | 28,213 |
| 1990 | 29,244 |
| 1991 | 30,486 |
| 1992 | 31,990 |
| 1993 | 33,510 |
| 1994 | 34,804 |
| 1995 | 35,883 |
| 1996 | 36,514 |
| 1997 | 36,613 |
| 1998 | 36,324 |
| 1999 | 35,824 |
| 2000 | 35,389 |
| 2001 | 34,969 |
| 2002 | 34,884 |
| 2003 | 34,954 |
| 2004 | 35,827 |
| 2005 | 36,797 |
| 2006 | 38,398 |
| 2007 | 39,658 |
| 2008 | 40,138 |
| 2009 | 39,804 |
| 2010 | 38,616 |
| 2011 | 36,899 |
| 2012 | 33,485 |
| 2013 | 31,096 |
| 2014 | 29,507 |
| 2015 | 28,708 |
| 2016 | 27,195 |
| 2017 | 26,069 |
| 2018 | 24,648 |
| 2019 | 24,006 |
| 2020 | 23,533 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Zimbabwe was 11,109 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,339 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7,055 in 1966.
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 7,055 |
| 1967 | 7,253 |
| 1968 | 7,484 |
| 1969 | 7,757 |
| 1970 | 8,072 |
| 1971 | 8,441 |
| 1972 | 8,859 |
| 1973 | 9,317 |
| 1974 | 9,796 |
| 1975 | 10,242 |
| 1976 | 10,605 |
| 1977 | 10,846 |
| 1978 | 10,992 |
| 1979 | 11,024 |
| 1980 | 10,972 |
| 1981 | 10,849 |
| 1982 | 10,675 |
| 1983 | 10,506 |
| 1984 | 10,325 |
| 1985 | 10,142 |
| 1986 | 9,975 |
| 1987 | 9,798 |
| 1988 | 9,612 |
| 1989 | 9,393 |
| 1990 | 9,156 |
| 1991 | 8,949 |
| 1992 | 8,830 |
| 1993 | 8,814 |
| 1994 | 8,896 |
| 1995 | 9,015 |
| 1996 | 9,126 |
| 1997 | 9,161 |
| 1998 | 9,142 |
| 1999 | 9,139 |
| 2000 | 9,252 |
| 2001 | 9,586 |
| 2002 | 10,080 |
| 2003 | 10,671 |
| 2004 | 11,285 |
| 2005 | 11,920 |
| 2006 | 12,601 |
| 2007 | 13,265 |
| 2008 | 13,853 |
| 2009 | 14,222 |
| 2010 | 14,339 |
| 2011 | 14,249 |
| 2012 | 14,011 |
| 2013 | 13,695 |
| 2014 | 13,345 |
| 2015 | 12,974 |
| 2016 | 12,588 |
| 2017 | 12,170 |
| 2018 | 11,792 |
| 2019 | 11,436 |
| 2020 | 11,109 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
