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Zambia
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#35out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

10385.668.651.634.6196019922024Zambia · 2024: 34.60Zambia

Analytical takeaways

  • Zambia records 34.60 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #35 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 99.40 in 1960 to 34.60 in 2024, a decrease of 64.80.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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