Congo vs Gabon: Infant mortality rate

Congo
2.7 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gabon
2.59 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
54th
Gabon rank
55th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Congo
  • Gabon
2.557.51012.515194419842024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 2.7 deaths per 100 live births against 2.59 deaths per 100 live births in Gabon, a difference of 0.1048 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 81 shared years of data; in 1944 it was Gabon ahead.

Congo ranks 54th and Gabon ranks 55th 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 .