What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Congo and Gabon?

1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo vs Gabon: Mortality rate, infant, female

Congo

24 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gabon

22.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

53rd

Gabon rank

56th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Congo
Gabon

How they compare

Congo currently reports 24 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gabon ahead.

Congo ranks 53rd and Gabon ranks 56th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	78.01 per 1,000 live births	93.77 per 1,000 live births	15.76 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
1970s	63.12 per 1,000 live births	74.39 per 1,000 live births	11.27 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
1980s	53.28 per 1,000 live births	57.81 per 1,000 live births	4.53 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
1990s	59.94 per 1,000 live births	48.74 per 1,000 live births	11.2 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2000s	53.13 per 1,000 live births	39.36 per 1,000 live births	13.77 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2010s	32.36 per 1,000 live births	29.9 per 1,000 live births	2.46 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2020s	25.48 per 1,000 live births	24.08 per 1,000 live births	1.4 per 1,000 live births	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Congo or Gabon?: Congo, at 24 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Congo and Gabon?: 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Gabon?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Congo and Gabon rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Congo ranks 53rd and Gabon ranks 56th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.