Angola vs Guinea-Bissau: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Angola
0.2519 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.2741 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Angola rank
19th
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Angola
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman in Angola, a difference of 0.0222 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 19th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 1.62 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0134 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 1990s | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1896 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 2000s | 0.8944 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0812 under-five deaths per woman | Angola |
| 2010s | 0.384 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4471 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0632 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 0.2724 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0229 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Angola or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Angola and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0222 under-five deaths per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Guinea-Bissau?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Angola ranks 19th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).