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Zimbabwe – Death Rate

Name: Zimbabwe Death Rate
Creator: World Bank
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Crude death rate per 1,000 people. Number of deaths occurring during the year per 1,000 midyear population. · World Bank

7.6 −0.2 from 2022 Global rank: 122nd · all-time high: 17.4 (2001)

Zimbabwe's death rate was 7.6 in 2023, a decrease of +0.2 from 7.8 in 2022. This ranked 122nd globally. The all-time high was 17.4 in 2001.

APA

Zimbabwe Death Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 13, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/zimbabwe/death-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_zimbabwe_death-rate,
  title = {Zimbabwe Death Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/zimbabwe/death-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Zimbabwe Death Rate – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	7.3	–	–
2025* trend	7.4	–	–
2023	7.6	−0.2	122nd
2022	7.8	−1.0	119th
2021	8.8	+0.6	123rd
2020	8.1	−0.1	120th
2019	8.3	−0.0	138th
2018	8.3	−0.3	137th
2017	8.6	−0.2	139th
2016	8.8	−0.4	146th
2015	9.2	−0.4	152nd
2014	9.6	−0.6	171st
2013	10.2	−0.7	184th
2012	10.9	−0.7	190th
2011	11.7	−1.1	194th
2010	12.7	−1.2	198th
2009	14.0	−0.7	203rd
2008	14.7	−0.5	208th
2007	15.2	−0.3	210th
2006	15.5	−0.4	211th
2005	15.9	−0.4	210th
2004	16.2	−0.5	212th
2003	16.7	+0.4	212th
2002	16.3	−1.1	209th
2001	17.4	+1.2	213th
2000	16.3	+0.4	208th
1999	15.9	+0.9	200th
1998	15.0	+0.7	195th
1997	14.3	+0.3	191st
1996	14.0	+1.2	191st
1995	12.8	+0.7	180th
1994	12.1	+0.7	175th
1993	11.4	+1.0	163rd
1992	10.4	+0.6	142nd
1991	9.8	+0.5	132nd
1990	9.3	+0.4	122nd
1989	8.9	+0.2	113th
1988	8.7	+0.1	105th
1987	8.6	−0.1	104th
1986	8.7	−0.2	99th
1985	8.9	−0.3	99th
1984	9.2	−0.4	105th
1983	9.6	−0.2	111th
1982	9.8	−0.3	112th
1981	10.1	−0.5	118th
1980	10.6	−2.1	126th
1979	12.7	−0.0	158th
1978	12.7	+1.1	157th
1977	11.6	+0.3	137th
1976	11.3	+0.3	130th
1975	11.1	−0.0	126th
1974	11.1	−0.0	121st
1973	11.1	+0.1	117th
1972	11.0	−0.1	117th
1971	11.1	−0.1	116th
1970	11.2	−0.2	113th
1969	11.4	−0.2	114th
1968	11.6	−0.3	114th
1967	11.9	−0.3	114th
1966	12.2	−0.3	117th
1965	12.5	−0.3	118th
1964	12.8	−0.3	117th
1963	13.1	−0.3	118th
1962	13.5	−0.3	116th
1961	13.8	−0.3	111th
1960	14.2	–	112th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Currency Crisis Pattern

Rapid currency depreciation (>30% YoY) combined with reserve drawdown and inflation surge. Often precedes emergency rate hikes.

Inflation 104.7% Reserves YoY -28.6% FX YoY +323.4%

This pattern occurred 111 times in history, 31 successful

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Reserves YoY

-48.5%

FX YoY

+126.8%

Ghana 2023

Inflation

38.1%

Reserves YoY

-30.4%

FX YoY

+33.2%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

Reserves YoY

-15.4%

FX YoY

+820.4%

Sierra Leone 2023

Inflation

47.6%

Reserves YoY

-20.6%

FX YoY

+51.7%

Ghana 2022

Inflation

31.3%

Reserves YoY

-47.5%

FX YoY

+42.5%

24 mo later

22.8%

Lao PDR 2022

Inflation

23.0%

Reserves YoY

-19.2%

FX YoY

+44.7%

24 mo later

23.1%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Zimbabwe matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 2022. Historically, 28% of countries showing this pattern (31 out of 111) saw death rate improve within 24 months. View full analysis →