What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Comoros and Congo?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Congo?

52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Comoros vs Congo: Child mortality by sex

Comoros

4.22 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Congo

4.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Comoros rank

43rd

Congo rank

42nd

Child mortality by sex over time

Comoros
Congo

How they compare

Congo currently reports 4.24 deaths per 100 live births against 4.22 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 43rd and Congo ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Congo in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Congo	Difference	Ahead
1970s	20.43 deaths per 100 live births	12.32 deaths per 100 live births	8.11 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1980s	15.52 deaths per 100 live births	10.22 deaths per 100 live births	5.29 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1990s	10.66 deaths per 100 live births	10.86 deaths per 100 live births	0.2033 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2000s	7.24 deaths per 100 live births	9.44 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2010s	5.36 deaths per 100 live births	5.85 deaths per 100 live births	0.4884 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2020s	4.48 deaths per 100 live births	4.52 deaths per 100 live births	0.0431 deaths per 100 live births	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Comoros or Congo?: Congo, at 4.24 deaths per 100 live births against 4.22 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Comoros and Congo?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Congo?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Congo rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Comoros ranks 43rd and Congo ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .