Zambia · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)

48.42024

Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).

Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.

Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.

Reference-period cadence: annual.

Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.

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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Zambia1952237.54621237168.707944298337.083125939
Zambia1953233.800317728175.740350961312.563083369
Zambia1954229.200522473180.76780377293.099669029
Zambia1955225.200489636184.193852877277.138433198
Zambia1956221.072930978185.587607199263.857291111
Zambia1957216.924845954186.274117695253.405505953
Zambia1958213.046816429185.424773818244.412413531
Zambia1959209.005856935184.215887938236.957920134
Zambia1960205.037260516182.361888343230.484153439
Zambia1961201.276695233179.758995612225.298435653
Zambia1962197.837079096177.528676441220.46530457
Zambia1963194.75669836175.165856568215.907436327
Zambia1964192.207307115173.256414632212.850284524
Zambia1965190.324053491171.699679309210.623064411
Zambia1966188.849198646170.27158251209.035089235
Zambia1967187.799045751169.801522164207.649708575
Zambia1968186.285200862168.867556513205.386088159
Zambia1969183.879898029167.112132654201.909739121
Zambia1970180.179142972164.253558666196.860629221
Zambia1971175.410264343160.074320605191.702169733
Zambia1972169.973064855155.213775195185.808835259
Zambia1973164.649396376150.130853602179.845421014
Zambia1974159.820356551145.909430404174.571314942
Zambia1975156.213850626142.775242088170.368987939
Zambia1976154.014394339140.956475397167.934527983
Zambia1977153.517628793140.56840273166.897122818
Zambia1978153.877032305141.360439203166.679710381
Zambia1979154.325612187142.277397562167.071917185
Zambia1980154.949131106143.179177569167.405766409
Zambia1981155.58893762144.030166435167.862049427
Zambia1982156.825642308145.506074143169.123086789
Zambia1983158.993981088147.641397245171.110651943
Zambia1984162.099428228150.476990915174.107551334
Zambia1985165.762630148154.414248127177.897029747
Zambia1986169.798138113158.240023321182.481182131
Zambia1987173.679132622162.04453895186.360304219
Zambia1988176.888253022164.987969007189.816782673
Zambia1989179.363337662167.369114719192.365444688
Zambia1990180.650273052168.720210331193.640286993
Zambia1991180.869451141169.060779287193.780744845
Zambia1992180.237253913168.313551393192.792782371
Zambia1993178.501040257166.864873083190.872965296
Zambia1994175.784902021164.09214457187.794760653
Zambia1995172.204710157160.863001491184.139204011
Zambia1996168.682819415157.320398105180.439493097
Zambia1997165.572031578154.608673887177.219913334
Zambia1998162.450670648151.64308551174.016991882
Zambia1999158.051960442147.22796147169.558784108
Zambia2000151.756215777141.134107118163.181825949
Zambia2001143.18814634133.176211908154.163911581
Zambia2002132.855419595123.791045801142.884752657
Zambia2003122.091023919113.859492806131.21437375
Zambia2004111.71407545103.625703304120.452741693
Zambia2005102.6594326394.865259887110.869443482
Zambia200694.76827788787.427449774102.448317228
Zambia200789.0728148782.34011743996.210751012
Zambia200884.23194306477.84090563191.02511088
Zambia200978.42340134772.31812961185.093904668
Zambia201074.33436464868.41528769280.808624707
Zambia201171.8395522465.9907789478.364868276
Zambia201269.2150778163.43804652475.726374779
Zambia201365.98355891560.22679037672.31774402
Zambia201462.57564319256.83409142868.798974952
Zambia201560.16025627254.38709697366.32426149
Zambia201657.13798446951.41564907263.345788395
Zambia201755.15335139749.3427880561.54338745
Zambia201854.67524538248.61880585261.350774591
Zambia201953.47571841547.31984553460.433655812
Zambia202052.47109560546.1686533859.704679694
Zambia202150.35439039443.79401327758.040510865
Zambia202249.48460836842.27224338758.055803605
Zambia202349.13386606840.8490504559.434339222
Zambia202448.36521439638.95833657260.662083711

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