Angola vs Zimbabwe
Angola vs Zimbabwe: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Angola and 6.5 per 100 live births in Zimbabwe, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 1.6 per 100 live births, or 1.32 times that in Angola.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Angola.
- In 2024, Angola ranked 28 and Zimbabwe ranked 17 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 | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 6.5 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 9.1 | 9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 12 | 8.8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 14.4 | 9.1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 15.6 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 16.6 | 9.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 17.6 | 9.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 18.5 | 9.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 19.2 | 10 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 19.8 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 20.4 | 10.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 20.7 | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 21 | 10.4 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 21.1 | 10.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 21.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 21.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 21.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 21.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 21.3 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 21.4 | 8 | 10 |
| 1987 | 21.5 | 8.1 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 21.6 | 8.5 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 21.7 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 21.9 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 22.2 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 22.6 | 11 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 22.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 23.3 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | – | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | – | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | – | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | – | 12.1 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | – | 12.1 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | – | 12 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | – | 12 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | – | 12 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | – | 12.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | – | 12.2 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | – | 12.4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | – | 12.6 | 15 |
| 1967 | – | 12.9 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 13.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 13.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 14 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 14.4 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 14.7 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 15 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 15.4 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 15.6 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 15.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 16.1 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 16.3 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 16.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 16.7 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 18.1 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001