Angola vs Botswana: Infant mortality rate by sex
Angola
2.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Botswana
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Angola rank
44th
Botswana rank
41st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Angola
- Botswana
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.83 deaths per 100 live births in Angola, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 44th and Botswana ranks 41st of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Botswana in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.05 deaths per 100 live births | 4.32 deaths per 100 live births | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1990s | 10.8 deaths per 100 live births | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 7.23 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2000s | 7.41 deaths per 100 live births | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2010s | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4351 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0741 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Angola or Botswana?
- Botswana, at 2.85 deaths per 100 live births against 2.83 deaths per 100 live births in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Angola and Botswana?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Botswana?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Botswana rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Angola ranks 44th and Botswana ranks 41st 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 rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .