What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Angola and Zambia?

0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Angola ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Zambia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Angola vs Zambia: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Angola

5.06 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zambia

4.87 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Angola rank

28th

Zambia rank

31st

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

Angola
Zambia

How they compare

Angola currently reports 5.06 deaths per 100 live births against 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Angola has been ahead every year.

Angola ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 31st of 106 countries.

Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	22.01 deaths per 100 live births	17.84 deaths per 100 live births	4.18 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
2000s	14.63 deaths per 100 live births	11.55 deaths per 100 live births	3.08 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
2010s	6.85 deaths per 100 live births	6.35 deaths per 100 live births	0.4966 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
2020s	5.35 deaths per 100 live births	5.04 deaths per 100 live births	0.3163 deaths per 100 live births	Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Angola or Zambia?: Angola, at 5.06 deaths per 100 live births against 4.87 deaths per 100 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Angola and Zambia?: 0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Zambia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Angola and Zambia rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?: Angola ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 31st 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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Indicator: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit: deaths per 100 live 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: 106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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.