Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.48% to 49.9 in Angola in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Angola reached an all time high of 140 in 1980 and an all time low of 49.9 in 2019. When compared to Angola's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Botswana amounted to 36.9, 30.9 in Namibia, 42.9 in Zambia and 65.5 in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2019.
Angola has been ranked 21st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Angola | 60.5 | 57.7 | 55.5 | 53.5 | 51.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Botswana | 40.1 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Central African Republic | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 83.8 | 81.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Congo | 38.7 | 37.6 | 36.6 | 35.6 | 34.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | 75.0 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 67.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Namibia | 34.0 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 31.7 | |||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 29.4 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 41.9 | 40.9 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Zambia | 46.0 | 46.9 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 42.9 | 42.1 | 40.8 | 39.9 | 38.8 |