Botswana vs Zambia: Stillbirth rate

Botswana

1.39 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Zambia

1.4 deaths per 100 births

in 2023

Botswana rank

51st

Zambia rank

50th

Stillbirth rate over time

Zambia currently reports 1.4 deaths per 100 births against 1.39 deaths per 100 births in Botswana, a difference of 0.0132 deaths per 100 births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zambia ahead.

Botswana ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 50th of 196 countries.

Indicator: Stillbirth rate
Unit: deaths per 100 births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 4,776 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of stillbirths, per 100 total births.