Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guinea: Child mortality rate

Democratic Republic of Congo

8.97 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Guinea

9.21 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

8th

Guinea rank

6th

Child mortality rate over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 9.21 deaths per 100 live births against 8.97 deaths per 100 live births in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.24 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 8th and Guinea ranks 6th of 200 countries.

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About this data

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: 07 August 2026

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