Zimbabwe's life expectancy rose from 51.1 yrs in 1995 to 63.1 yrs in 2024.
Zimbabwe · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Zimbabwe's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 40.5 yrs in 2000 to 51.2 yrs in 2021.
Zimbabwe's infant mortality rose from 58.7 ‰ in 1995 to 62.4 ‰ in 2024.
Zimbabwe's under-5 mortality rate fell from 104.2 ‰ in 1995 to 64.7 ‰ in 2024.
Zimbabwe's maternal mortality ratio rose from 332.0 /100k in 1994 to 358.0 /100k in 2023.
Zimbabwe's ncd mortality rose from 23.5 % in 2000 to 31.2 % in 2021.
Zimbabwe's suicide mortality rate rose from 12.4 /100k in 2000 to 17.3 /100k in 2021.
Zimbabwe's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 29.3 /100k in 2000 to 41.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.5 pts178th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −8.7 %162nd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.9 pts28th of 192
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- Physiciansup +7.1 %56th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +51.4 %74th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +4.8 %88th of 144*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts92nd 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 −0.5 pts143rd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.9 %175th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.2 pts132nd of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.0 pts121st of 141