Number of under-five deaths, male in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Number of under-five deaths, male was 17,703 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of under-five deaths, male 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
Zimbabwe recorded 17,703 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Zimbabwe peaked at 23,151 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 14,067, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 35th 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 under-five deaths, male in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14,067 | — |
| 1961 | 14,164 | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 14,249 | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 14,303 | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 14,311 | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 14,301 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 14,301 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,314 | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 14,412 | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 14,629 | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 14,903 | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 15,215 | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 15,653 | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 16,228 | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 16,904 | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 17,636 | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 18,314 | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 18,926 | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 19,495 | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 19,852 | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 19,954 | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 20,223 | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 20,200 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 19,517 | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 18,650 | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 17,706 | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 16,901 | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 16,329 | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 15,997 | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 16,046 | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 16,509 | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 17,248 | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 18,137 | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 18,933 | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 19,644 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 19,791 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 20,696 | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 19,795 | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 19,739 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 21,072 | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 21,784 | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 21,785 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21,762 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 21,752 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 21,922 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 22,133 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 21,210 | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 22,114 | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 22,741 | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 23,151 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 22,726 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 21,244 | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 19,205 | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 17,873 | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 16,856 | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 16,266 | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 15,411 | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 14,934 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 14,721 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 15,365 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 16,284 | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 16,681 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 17,375 | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 17,532 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 17,703 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,305 | 14,067 | 14,629 | 10 |
| 1970s | 17,313 | 14,903 | 19,852 | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,152 | 15,997 | 20,223 | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,156 | 16,509 | 21,072 | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,035 | 21,210 | 23,151 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,460 | 14,721 | 22,726 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,115 | 16,284 | 17,703 | 5 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.08 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Zimbabwe?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Zimbabwe was 17,703 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 under-five deaths, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 23,151 in 2009.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,067 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Zimbabwe ranks 35th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.