Afghanistan vs Angola: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Afghanistan
5.51 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Angola
5.06 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
25th
Angola rank
28th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Afghanistan
- Angola
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 5.51 deaths per 100 live births against 5.06 deaths per 100 live births in Angola, a difference of 0.45 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Angola ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Angola ranks 28th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Angola in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Angola | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.65 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | 5.37 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2000s | 11.84 deaths per 100 live births | 14.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2.79 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2010s | 7.8 deaths per 100 live births | 6.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9569 deaths per 100 live births | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5772 deaths per 100 live births | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Afghanistan or Angola?
- Afghanistan, at 5.51 deaths per 100 live births against 5.06 deaths per 100 live births in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Afghanistan and Angola?
- 0.45 deaths per 100 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Angola?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Angola rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and Angola ranks 28th of 106 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 Child mortality rate by household wealth. 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 under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.