Angola vs Rwanda: Infant mortality rate by sex
Angola
2.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
2.62 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Angola rank
44th
Rwanda rank
47th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Angola
- Rwanda
How they compare
Angola currently reports 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.62 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 44th and Rwanda ranks 47th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.05 deaths per 100 live births | 8.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 1990s | 10.8 deaths per 100 live births | 11.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8298 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 7.41 deaths per 100 live births | 6.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7898 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2010s | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4344 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
| 2020s | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2444 deaths per 100 live births | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Angola or Rwanda?
- Angola, at 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.62 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Angola and Rwanda?
- 0.21 deaths per 100 live births, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Rwanda?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Rwanda rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Angola ranks 44th and Rwanda ranks 47th 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 .