Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths per woman
Malawi
0.1976 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.2095 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Malawi rank
29th
Zimbabwe rank
27th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.0119 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.52 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9856 under-five deaths per woman | 1.53 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 2.27 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8418 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.83 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5765 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 1.38 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9595 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.7575 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3515 under-five deaths per woman | 0.406 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.2859 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2502 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0358 under-five deaths per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.2017 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2143 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0126 under-five deaths per woman | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Malawi or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Malawi and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0119 under-five deaths per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Malawi ranks 29th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).