What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Angola and Gambia?

0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 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 Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Gambia: Infant mortality by sex

Angola

3.58 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gambia

3.67 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Angola rank

41st

Gambia rank

39th

Infant mortality by sex over time

Angola
Gambia

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 3.67 deaths per 100 live births against 3.58 deaths per 100 live births in Angola, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Gambia ahead.

Angola ranks 41st and Gambia ranks 39th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	12.87 deaths per 100 live births	12.47 deaths per 100 live births	0.3977 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
1990s	12.67 deaths per 100 live births	9.61 deaths per 100 live births	3.06 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
2000s	8.98 deaths per 100 live births	6.99 deaths per 100 live births	1.98 deaths per 100 live births	Angola
2010s	4.56 deaths per 100 live births	4.98 deaths per 100 live births	0.4218 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
2020s	3.74 deaths per 100 live births	3.9 deaths per 100 live births	0.1612 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Angola or Gambia?: Gambia, at 3.67 deaths per 100 live births against 3.58 deaths per 100 live births in Angola as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Angola and Gambia?: 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Gambia?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Angola and Gambia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?: Angola ranks 41st and Gambia ranks 39th 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 Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Infant mortality by sex
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: 199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .