# Under-five mortality rate in Zambia

Under-five mortality rate in Zambia was 48.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `zm`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/zambia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=zm

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 48.4 |
| 2023 | 49.1 |
| 2022 | 49.5 |
| 2021 | 50.4 |
| 2020 | 52.5 |
| 2019 | 53.5 |
| 2018 | 54.7 |
| 2017 | 55.2 |
| 2016 | 57.1 |
| 2015 | 60.2 |
| 2014 | 62.6 |
| 2013 | 66 |
| 2012 | 69.2 |
| 2011 | 71.8 |
| 2010 | 74.3 |
| 2009 | 78.4 |
| 2008 | 84.2 |
| 2007 | 89.1 |
| 2006 | 94.8 |
| 2005 | 102.7 |
| 2004 | 111.7 |
| 2003 | 122.1 |
| 2002 | 132.9 |
| 2001 | 143.2 |
| 2000 | 151.8 |
| 1999 | 158.1 |
| 1998 | 162.5 |
| 1997 | 165.6 |
| 1996 | 168.7 |
| 1995 | 172.2 |
| 1994 | 175.8 |
| 1993 | 178.5 |
| 1992 | 180.2 |
| 1991 | 180.9 |
| 1990 | 180.7 |
| 1989 | 179.4 |
| 1988 | 176.9 |
| 1987 | 173.7 |
| 1986 | 169.8 |
| 1985 | 165.8 |
| 1984 | 162.1 |
| 1983 | 159 |
| 1982 | 156.8 |
| 1981 | 155.6 |
| 1980 | 154.9 |
| 1979 | 154.3 |
| 1978 | 153.9 |
| 1977 | 153.5 |
| 1976 | 154 |
| 1975 | 156.2 |
| 1974 | 159.8 |
| 1973 | 164.6 |
| 1972 | 170 |
| 1971 | 175.4 |
| 1970 | 180.2 |
| 1969 | 183.9 |
| 1968 | 186.3 |
| 1967 | 187.8 |
| 1966 | 188.8 |
| 1965 | 190.3 |
| 1964 | 192.2 |
| 1963 | 194.8 |
| 1962 | 197.8 |
| 1961 | 201.3 |
| 1960 | 205 |