Angola vs Malawi: Child mortality
Angola
4.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malawi
4.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Angola rank
28th
Malawi rank
30th
Child mortality over time
- Angola
- Malawi
How they compare
Angola currently reports 4.9 deaths per 100 live births against 4.88 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 30th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 17 and Malawi in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1810s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1820s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1830s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1840s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1850s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1860s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1870s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1880s | 48.57 deaths per 100 live births | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1890s | 48.55 deaths per 100 live births | 43.96 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1900s | 48.18 deaths per 100 live births | 43.63 deaths per 100 live births | 4.55 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1910s | 47.2 deaths per 100 live births | 42.74 deaths per 100 live births | 4.46 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1920s | 46.06 deaths per 100 live births | 41.71 deaths per 100 live births | 4.35 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1930s | 43.11 deaths per 100 live births | 40.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1940s | 37.01 deaths per 100 live births | 39.55 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1950s | 32.26 deaths per 100 live births | 38.05 deaths per 100 live births | 5.79 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1960s | 29.25 deaths per 100 live births | 35.35 deaths per 100 live births | 6.1 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1970s | 25.49 deaths per 100 live births | 30.7 deaths per 100 live births | 5.21 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1980s | 22.03 deaths per 100 live births | 25.09 deaths per 100 live births | 3.06 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 1990s | 20.72 deaths per 100 live births | 21.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5374 deaths per 100 live births | Malawi |
| 2000s | 13.77 deaths per 100 live births | 12.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.896 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2010s | 6.56 deaths per 100 live births | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4094 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2020s | 5.18 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1973 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Angola or Malawi?
- Angola, at 4.9 deaths per 100 live births against 4.88 deaths per 100 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Angola and Malawi?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Malawi?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Malawi rank globally for child mortality?
- Angola ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 30th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.