What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Afghanistan and Angola?

4 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Angola: Mortality rate, under-5

Afghanistan

53 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Angola

49 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

26th

Angola rank

28th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Afghanistan
Angola

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 53 per 1,000 live births against 49 per 1,000 live births in Angola, a difference of 4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

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

Afghanistan ranks 26th and Angola ranks 28th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Angola	Difference	Ahead
1980s	250.9 per 1,000 live births	220.3 per 1,000 live births	30.6 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
1990s	157.03 per 1,000 live births	207.25 per 1,000 live births	50.22 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2000s	111.72 per 1,000 live births	137.71 per 1,000 live births	25.99 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2010s	74.12 per 1,000 live births	65.61 per 1,000 live births	8.51 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan
2020s	56.82 per 1,000 live births	51.76 per 1,000 live births	5.06 per 1,000 live births	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Afghanistan or Angola?: Afghanistan, at 53 per 1,000 live births against 49 per 1,000 live births in Angola as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Afghanistan and Angola?: 4 per 1,000 live births, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Angola?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Angola rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Afghanistan ranks 26th and Angola ranks 28th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.