Angola vs Somalia

Angola vs Somalia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Angola and 10.1 per 100 live births in Somalia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Somalia, by 5.2 per 100 live births, or 2.06 times that in Angola.

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

Angola vs Somalia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Angola and 10.1 per 100 live births in Somalia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Somalia, by 5.2 per 100 live births, or 2.06 times that in Angola.
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What the numbers say

  • Somalia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Angola.
  • In 2024, Angola ranked 28 and Somalia ranked 3 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

YearAngolaSomaliaWorld
20244.910.13.7
20235.110.43.8
20225.214.34
20215.311.14
20205.411.53.9
20195.511.84
20185.713.64
20175.815.64.1
20166134.2
20156.213.44.3
20146.513.94.4
20136.814.34.5
20127.218.54.7
20117.736.35
20108.318.75.1
20099.116.25.3
20089.916.75.5
200710.917.15.7
20061217.36
200513.217.36.2
200414.417.36.6
200315.617.36.8
200216.617.37.1
200117.617.37.4
200018.517.37.7
199919.217.37.9
199819.817.38.3
199720.417.38.4
199620.717.38.6
19952117.38.8
199421.117.38.9
199321.236.89.1
199221.237.79.2
199121.336.79.3
199021.3189.4
198921.318.49.5
198821.418.710
198721.5199.9
198621.619.210.3
198521.719.410.6
198421.919.710.9
198322.22011.1
198222.620.411.2
198122.9–11.6
198023.3–11.9
1979––11.9
1978––12.3
1977––12.6
1976––12.8
1975––13.1
1974––13.3
1973––13.5
1972––13.7
1971––13.9
1970––14.2
1969––14.6
1968––15
1967––15.3
1966––15.1
1965––15.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962––17
1961––18.8
1960––20.2
1959––19.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––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.

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