Zambia's life expectancy rose from 46.1 yrs in 1995 to 66.5 yrs in 2024.
Zambia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Zambia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 38.9 yrs in 2000 to 53.0 yrs in 2021.
Zambia's infant mortality fell from 98.5 ‰ in 1995 to 34.6 ‰ in 2024.
Zambia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 172.2 ‰ in 1995 to 48.4 ‰ in 2024.
Zambia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 507.0 /100k in 1994 to 85.0 /100k in 2023.
Zambia's ncd mortality fell from 25.8 % in 2000 to 23.6 % in 2021.
Zambia's suicide mortality rate rose from 6.8 /100k in 2000 to 7.1 /100k in 2021.
Zambia's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 27.4 /100k in 2000 to 20.5 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.8 pts104th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +5.5 %152nd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.4 pts26th of 192
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- Physiciansup +9.8 %92nd of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +58.6 %77th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +5.3 %90th of 144*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +5.0 pts112th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.4 pts142nd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.9 %186th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Zambia.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data