Angola vs Congo - Brazzaville: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Angola and 3.9 per 100 live births in Congo - Brazzaville, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Angola, by 1 per 100 live births, or 1.25 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

Watch it change on the map

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Angola has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
In 2024, Angola ranked 28 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 40 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Angola	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2024	4.9	3.9	3.7
2023	5.1	4	3.8
2022	5.2	4.2	4
2021	5.3	4.3	4
2020	5.4	4.5	3.9
2019	5.5	5.2	4
2018	5.7	4.8	4
2017	5.8	4.9	4.1
2016	6	5.1	4.2
2015	6.2	5.3	4.3
2014	6.5	5.5	4.4
2013	6.8	5.6	4.5
2012	7.2	5.8	4.7
2011	7.7	6	5
2010	8.3	6.2	5.1
2009	9.1	6.5	5.3
2008	9.9	6.9	5.5
2007	10.9	7.4	5.7
2006	12	8	6
2005	13.2	8.6	6.2
2004	14.4	9.2	6.6
2003	15.6	9.9	6.8
2002	16.6	10.5	7.1
2001	17.6	10.9	7.4
2000	18.5	11.3	7.7
1999	19.2	11.4	7.9
1998	19.8	11.3	8.3
1997	20.4	11.1	8.4
1996	20.7	10.8	8.6
1995	21	10.5	8.8
1994	21.1	10.1	8.9
1993	21.2	9.8	9.1
1992	21.2	9.5	9.2
1991	21.3	9.3	9.3
1990	21.3	9.2	9.4
1989	21.3	9.1	9.5
1988	21.4	9.1	10
1987	21.5	9.1	9.9
1986	21.6	9.3	10.3
1985	21.7	9.5	10.6
1984	21.9	9.7	10.9
1983	22.2	9.9	11.1
1982	22.6	10.2	11.2
1981	22.9	10.4	11.6
1980	23.3	10.7	11.9
1979	–	11	11.9
1978	–	11.2	12.3
1977	–	11.5	12.6
1976	–	11.8	12.8
1975	–	12	13.1
1974	–	12.3	13.3
1973	–	12.7	13.5
1972	–	13	13.7
1971	–	13.3	13.9
1970	–	13.7	14.2
1969	–	14.1	14.6
1968	–	14.5	15
1967	–	15	15.3
1966	–	15.5	15.1
1965	–	16.1	15.1
1964	–	16.7	15.7
1963	–	17.3	16.2
1962	–	17.9	17
1961	–	18.6	18.8
1960	–	19.4	20.2
1959	–	20.2	19.9
1958	–	21	19.7
1957	–	21.9	20.5
1956	–	22.8	21.3
1955	–	23.7	22.3
1954	–	24.6	22.8
1953	–	25.5	23.3
1952	–	26.3	23.9
1951	–	27	24.3
1950	–	27.7	24.7
1949	–	28.4	24.9
1948	–	29.1	24.9
1947	–	29.7	25.5
1946	–	30.4	25.8
1945	–	31	26.7
1944	–	31.7	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time