Congo vs Namibia: Child mortality

Congo

3.91 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Namibia

3.95 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

40th

Namibia rank

38th

Child mortality over time

Congo
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.95 deaths per 100 live births against 3.91 deaths per 100 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.0349 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Namibia ahead.

Congo ranks 40th and Namibia ranks 38th of 203 countries.

Individual pages

Child mortality in Congo
Child mortality in Namibia
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.