Angola vs Somalia: Number of child deaths by age
Angola
22,432 deaths
in 2024
Somalia
26,725 deaths
in 2024
Angola rank
12th
Somalia rank
9th
Number of child deaths by age over time
- Angola
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 26,725 deaths against 22,432 deaths in Angola, a difference of 4,293 deaths.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 12th and Somalia ranks 9th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48,145 deaths | 26,017 deaths | 22,128 deaths | Angola |
| 1990s | 54,072 deaths | 34,975 deaths | 19,097 deaths | Angola |
| 2000s | 42,851 deaths | 32,087 deaths | 10,764 deaths | Angola |
| 2010s | 26,066 deaths | 39,912 deaths | 13,846 deaths | Somalia |
| 2020s | 23,117 deaths | 29,938 deaths | 6,820 deaths | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths by age, Angola or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 26,725 deaths against 22,432 deaths in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths by age between Angola and Somalia?
- 4,293 deaths, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Somalia?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Somalia rank globally for number of child deaths by age?
- Angola ranks 12th and Somalia ranks 9th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged between 1 and 4 .