Statizoid

Congo vs Kenya: Child mortality

Congo
3.91 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya
3.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Kenya rank
43rd

Child mortality over time

  • Congo
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 3.91 deaths per 100 live births against 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.0265 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Kenya ahead.

Congo ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd of 203 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.