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

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Angola ahead.

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

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.

Angola vs Malawi: Mortality rate, under-5

Angola

49 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi

48.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Angola rank

28th

Malawi rank

30th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Angola
Malawi

How they compare

Angola currently reports 49 per 1,000 live births against 48.8 per 1,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Angola ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 30th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1980s	220.3 per 1,000 live births	250.89 per 1,000 live births	30.59 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1990s	207.25 per 1,000 live births	212.63 per 1,000 live births	5.38 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2000s	137.71 per 1,000 live births	128.75 per 1,000 live births	8.96 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2010s	65.61 per 1,000 live births	61.52 per 1,000 live births	4.09 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2020s	51.76 per 1,000 live births	49.78 per 1,000 live births	1.98 per 1,000 live births	Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Angola or Malawi?: Angola, at 49 per 1,000 live births against 48.8 per 1,000 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Angola and Malawi?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Malawi?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Angola and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Angola ranks 28th and Malawi ranks 30th of 196 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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.