Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.28% to 42.9 in Zambia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Zambia reached an all time high of 122 in 1960 and an all time low of 42.9 in 2019. When compared to Zambia's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Angola amounted to 49.9, 35.8 in Tanzania, 38.1 in Zimbabwe and 65.5 in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2019.
Zambia has been ranked 29th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 53.5 | 51.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 83.8 | 81.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 38.7 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 35.6 | 34.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 75.0 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 67.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 36.4 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 63.0 | 61.3 | 59.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 34.0 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 29.4 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 41.9 | 40.9 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 40.6 | 38.9 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 34.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 46.0 | 46.9 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 42.9 | 42.1 | 40.8 | 39.9 | 38.8 |
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