Zambia - Death Rate 1997
17.3
−0.2 from 1996
Zambia's death rate was 17.3 in 1997, decreased +0.2 from 17.4 in 1996. This was the 206th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 1.9 | -2.6% |
| 2nd | Kuwait | 2.0 | 1.5% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 2.6 | -4.0% |
| 4th | French Polynesia | 2.8 | -3.8% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.8 | -1.8% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 3.1 | -8.8% |
| 7th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.2 | -6.2% |
| 8th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.3 | 4.9% |
| 9th | Saudi Arabia | 3.5 | -2.6% |
| 10th | Oman | 3.5 | -3.9% |
| 11th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.5 | -1.1% |
| 12th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.8 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Jordan | 3.9 | -1.6% |
| 14th | Costa Rica | 3.9 | 0.2% |
| 15th | American Samoa | 4.4 | -0.3% |
| 16th | Libya | 4.4 | 2.1% |
| 17th | Malaysia | 4.5 | -0.6% |
| 18th | Guam | 4.5 | 1.5% |
| 19th | Singapore | 4.5 | -4.3% |
| 20th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.6 | -2.0% |
| 21st | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.6 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | British Virgin Islands | 4.7 | -0.8% |
| 23rd | Lebanon | 4.7 | -1.2% |
| 24th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.9 | -2.0% |
| 25th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.9 | -5.0% |
| 26th | Panama | 5.0 | -1.4% |
| 27th | Ecuador | 5.0 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Tunisia | 5.1 | -1.7% |
| 29th | Chile | 5.2 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.2 | -1.2% |
| 31st | Maldives | 5.3 | -7.0% |
| 32nd | Korea | 5.3 | 1.9% |
| 33rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.3 | 1.9% |
| 34th | Belize | 5.3 | 1.1% |
| 35th | New Caledonia | 5.4 | -1.8% |
| 36th | Colombia | 5.5 | -1.9% |
| 37th | Samoa | 5.5 | -0.9% |
| 38th | Algeria | 5.5 | -3.1% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 5.5 | -1.9% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 5.6 | -1.5% |
| 41st | Dominican Republic | 5.6 | -0.8% |
| 42nd | Mexico | 5.6 | -1.1% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 5.6 | -0.7% |
| 44th | Honduras | 5.6 | -2.7% |
| 45th | Kosovo | 5.6 | -3.0% |
| 46th | Philippines | 5.6 | -1.8% |
| 47th | Andorra | 5.7 | 4.4% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | 5.7 | -2.3% |
| 49th | Aruba | 5.8 | 1.9% |
| 50th | Albania | 5.8 | 6.3% |
| 51st | St. Lucia | 6.0 | 1.7% |
| 52nd | Azerbaijan | 6.0 | -3.2% |
| 53rd | Peru | 6.0 | -2.0% |
| 54th | Türkiye | 6.0 | -1.2% |
| 55th | Solomon Islands | 6.1 | -0.1% |
| 56th | Israel | 6.2 | 1.6% |
| 57th | Thailand | 6.2 | -0.1% |
| 58th | Nicaragua | 6.2 | -1.1% |
| 59th | Fiji | 6.4 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Brazil | 6.4 | -1.0% |
| 61st | China | 6.5 | -0.8% |
| 62nd | Bahamas, The | 6.6 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | El Salvador | 6.6 | -2.2% |
| 64th | Tonga | 6.7 | -0.5% |
| 65th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.7 | -2.7% |
| 66th | Morocco | 6.7 | -1.3% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Iceland | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 69th | Marshall Islands | 6.8 | -1.3% |
| 70th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 6.9 | -1.6% |
| 72nd | Bermuda | 6.9 | -1.1% |
| 73rd | Australia | 7.0 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 7.0 | 2.9% |
| 75th | Guatemala | 7.0 | -4.5% |
| 76th | Sri Lanka | 7.0 | 0.3% |
| 77th | Grenada | 7.2 | -0.4% |
| 78th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.2 | -1.7% |
| 79th | Canada | 7.2 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Uzbekistan | 7.2 | -2.0% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 7.2 | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Iraq | 7.2 | 1.4% |
| 83rd | New Zealand | 7.3 | -4.1% |
| 84th | Cuba | 7.3 | -1.0% |
| 85th | Cabo Verde | 7.3 | -3.9% |
| 86th | Japan | 7.3 | 1.4% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.3 | -1.4% |
| 88th | Liechtenstein | 7.4 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Argentina | 7.4 | -1.4% |
| 90th | Indonesia | 7.4 | -0.8% |
| 91st | Turkmenistan | 7.5 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.5 | 1.9% |
| 93rd | Malta | 7.5 | 2.7% |
| 94th | Gibraltar | 7.5 | -0.7% |
| 95th | Curaçao | 7.5 | 1.5% |
| 96th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.6 | -1.5% |
| 97th | Suriname | 7.7 | 1.1% |
| 98th | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.7 | -3.8% |
| 99th | Nauru | 7.7 | 0.6% |
| 100th | Kiribati | 7.7 | -2.4% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 7.8 | 5.4% |
| 102nd | Papua New Guinea | 7.9 | -0.8% |
| 103rd | Mongolia | 8.1 | -3.5% |
| 104th | Armenia | 8.1 | 0.3% |
| 105th | San Marino | 8.2 | -1.4% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | 8.3 | -4.7% |
| 107th | Guyana | 8.3 | -1.2% |
| 108th | Montenegro | 8.5 | 3.7% |
| 109th | Tajikistan | 8.5 | -6.9% |
| 110th | Faroe Islands | 8.6 | -5.5% |
| 111th | Ireland | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 112th | Spain | 8.7 | -1.1% |
| 113th | Netherlands | 8.7 | -2.2% |
| 114th | United States | 8.7 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Bhutan | 8.8 | -4.0% |
| 116th | Greenland | 8.8 | 11.4% |
| 117th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.8 | -3.9% |
| 118th | Switzerland | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Barbados | 9.1 | 1.7% |
| 120th | France | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 121st | India | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 122nd | South Africa | 9.3 | 2.0% |
| 123rd | Nepal | 9.3 | -4.9% |
| 124th | Greece | 9.4 | -1.1% |
| 125th | Luxembourg | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Bangladesh | 9.4 | -3.6% |
| 127th | Channel Islands | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 128th | Slovenia | 9.5 | 1.1% |
| 129th | Dominica | 9.6 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Finland | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Pakistan | 9.7 | -1.8% |
| 132nd | Uruguay | 9.7 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Slovak Republic | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 134th | Palau | 9.8 | -0.6% |
| 135th | Italy | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 136th | Poland | 9.8 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Mauritania | 9.8 | -3.7% |
| 138th | Cambodia | 9.9 | -5.5% |
| 139th | Austria | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 140th | São Tomé and Principe | 10.1 | -1.0% |
| 141st | Norway | 10.1 | 1.0% |
| 142nd | European Union | 10.1 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 10.2 | -1.5% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.2 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Belgium | 10.2 | -1.0% |
| 146th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.2 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | 10.2 | -0.7% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 10.2 | -1.4% |
| 149th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Kenya | 10.4 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Ghana | 10.4 | -1.6% |
| 152nd | Portugal | 10.4 | -1.9% |
| 153rd | Germany | 10.5 | -2.8% |
| 154th | Sudan | 10.5 | -2.5% |
| 155th | Sweden | 10.6 | 0.0% |
| 156th | Georgia | 10.6 | 11.1% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | 10.7 | 1.7% |
| 158th | Namibia | 10.7 | 3.4% |
| 159th | United Kingdom | 10.8 | -0.9% |
| 160th | Lao PDR | 10.9 | -3.3% |
| 161st | Czechia | 10.9 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Djibouti | 10.9 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Senegal | 11.1 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Comoros | 11.1 | -1.3% |
| 165th | Haiti | 11.3 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Denmark | 11.3 | -2.6% |
| 167th | Monaco | 11.3 | -0.9% |
| 168th | Croatia | 11.5 | 3.6% |
| 169th | Lithuania | 11.5 | -3.4% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 11.5 | -4.2% |
| 171st | Botswana | 11.5 | 3.6% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 11.7 | -3.3% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | 11.8 | 7.1% |
| 174th | Moldova | 12.0 | -0.2% |
| 175th | Romania | 12.4 | -2.4% |
| 176th | Togo | 12.4 | -0.4% |
| 177th | Benin | 12.5 | -2.3% |
| 178th | Gambia, The | 12.8 | -3.2% |
| 179th | Lesotho | 12.8 | 6.3% |
| 180th | Serbia | 12.9 | 0.1% |
| 181st | Estonia | 13.3 | -0.7% |
| 182nd | Belarus | 13.5 | 3.1% |
| 183rd | Hungary | 13.5 | -2.9% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.5 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Cameroon | 13.6 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Isle of Man | 13.6 | -1.6% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 13.7 | -2.0% |
| 188th | Latvia | 13.8 | -1.4% |
| 189th | Russian Federation | 13.8 | -2.8% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 14.1 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | 14.3 | 2.4% |
| 192nd | Bulgaria | 14.7 | 5.0% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 14.7 | -1.9% |
| 194th | Ukraine | 14.9 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Timor-Leste | 15.4 | -3.1% |
| 196th | Congo, Republic of | 15.5 | 33.2% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 15.7 | -4.7% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 16.1 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Guinea | 16.2 | -2.2% |
| 200th | Liberia | 16.2 | -17.5% |
| 201st | Uganda | 16.3 | -1.6% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 16.4 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Central African Republic | 16.6 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 17.1 | -2.7% |
| 205th | Mali | 17.1 | -2.6% |
| 206th | Zambia | 17.3 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Burundi | 17.5 | -6.0% |
| 208th | Rwanda | 18.0 | 10.5% |
| 209th | Guinea-Bissau | 18.1 | 1.3% |
| 210th | Angola | 18.2 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Nigeria | 18.4 | -0.8% |
| 212th | Chad | 18.4 | -1.2% |
| 213th | Niger | 19.5 | -3.2% |
| 214th | Malawi | 19.7 | -1.9% |
| 215th | Sierra Leone | 21.5 | -0.9% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 29.6 | -4.1% |
FAQ
What was Zambia's death rate in 1997?▾
Zambia's death rate in 1997 was 17.3. This ranked 206th globally.
How did Zambia's death rate change in 1997?▾
Zambia's death rate decreased by 0.9% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1997?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 1997 at 29.6.
What is the death rate of Zambia in 1997?▾
The death rate of Zambia in 1997 was 17.3. This ranked 206th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Zambia's death rate?▾
Zambia's death rate went from 17.4 in 1996 to 17.3 in 1997, a 0.9% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Zambia matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1997. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 26.8%. View full analysis →
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