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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Infant mortality rate

Democratic Republic of Congo
5.64 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lesotho
5.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
9th
Lesotho rank
10th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lesotho
57.51012.515195219882024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 5.64 deaths per 100 live births against 5.63 deaths per 100 live births in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0086 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Lesotho ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 9th and Lesotho ranks 10th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
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, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .