Number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Number of infant deaths, female was 13,603 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
13,603
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
28th
of 197 countries
All-time high
14,799
in 2010
All-time low
6,143
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe, 1960–2024
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.
Analysis
In 2024, number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe stood at 13,603.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe peaked at 14,799 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,143, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 28th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6,143 | — |
| 1961 | 6,219 | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 6,281 | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 6,325 | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 6,357 | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 6,374 | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 6,398 | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 6,422 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 6,494 | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 6,618 | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 6,786 | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 6,986 | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 7,269 | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 7,632 | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 8,031 | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 8,457 | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 8,892 | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 9,306 | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 9,717 | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 10,024 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 10,273 | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 10,795 | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 11,080 | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 10,844 | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 10,454 | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 9,957 | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 9,507 | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 9,125 | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 8,745 | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 8,468 | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 8,319 | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 8,315 | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,421 | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 8,538 | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 8,760 | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 8,811 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 9,695 | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 9,981 | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 10,061 | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 10,460 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 10,731 | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 10,955 | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 11,194 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 11,513 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 12,066 | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 12,614 | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 12,836 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 13,592 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 14,215 | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 14,792 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 14,799 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14,464 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 13,440 | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 12,907 | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 12,223 | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 11,859 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 11,466 | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 11,244 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 11,199 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 11,543 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 12,121 | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 12,726 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 13,306 | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 13,563 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 13,603 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,363 | 6,143 | 6,618 | 10 |
| 1970s | 8,310 | 6,786 | 10,024 | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,925 | 8,468 | 11,080 | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,136 | 8,315 | 10,460 | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,451 | 10,731 | 14,792 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,514 | 11,199 | 14,799 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,064 | 12,121 | 13,603 | 5 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 90,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe?
- Number of infant deaths, female in Zimbabwe was 13,603 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 14,799 in 2010.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,143 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for number of infant deaths, female?
- Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths, female rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.