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Mortality in Angola, by the numbers

Angola sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 64.8 years of life, 187th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Angola, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
64.8 yrs
187th of 212
Population aged 65+
2.9 %
20th lowest of 212
Age-standardized death rate
13.0 /1,000
22nd highest of 182

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Angola ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 64.8 yrs 187 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 13.0 /1,000 22 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.8 /1,000 127 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.9 yrs 150 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 86.7 /1,000 52 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.1 yrs 95 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 77.5 men/100 women 87 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 32.1 /1,000 41 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 183 /100k 39 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 24.7 % 33 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.1 /100k 76 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 26.1 /100k 43 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 4.1 L 99 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.9 % 193 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $76 157 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,666 162 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Angola's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 20th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.9 %) and the 22nd highest age-standardized death rate in the world (13.0 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Angola; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.