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

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Congo ahead.

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

57 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Comoros vs Congo: Child mortality rate

Comoros

3.9 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Congo

3.91 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Comoros rank

41st

Congo rank

40th

Child mortality rate over time

Comoros
Congo

How they compare

Congo currently reports 3.91 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 41st and Congo ranks 40th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 3 and Congo in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Congo	Difference	Ahead
1960s	27.52 deaths per 100 live births	16.72 deaths per 100 live births	10.8 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1970s	20.56 deaths per 100 live births	12.24 deaths per 100 live births	8.32 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1980s	14.85 deaths per 100 live births	9.69 deaths per 100 live births	5.16 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1990s	10.07 deaths per 100 live births	10.29 deaths per 100 live births	0.224 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2000s	6.77 deaths per 100 live births	8.91 deaths per 100 live births	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2010s	4.98 deaths per 100 live births	5.44 deaths per 100 live births	0.462 deaths per 100 live births	Congo
2020s	4.14 deaths per 100 live births	4.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.03 deaths per 100 live births	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Comoros or Congo?: Congo, at 3.91 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Comoros and Congo?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Congo?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Congo rank globally for child mortality rate?: Comoros ranks 41st and Congo ranks 40th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
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: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.