Congo vs India: Mortality rate, infant, female

Congo
24 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
23 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
53rd
India rank
55th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Congo
  • India
255075100125150196019922024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 24 per 1,000 live births against 23 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.

Congo ranks 53rd and India ranks 55th of 197 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo India Difference Ahead
1960s 78.01 per 1,000 live births 137.53 per 1,000 live births 59.52 per 1,000 live births India
1970s 63.12 per 1,000 live births 120.54 per 1,000 live births 57.42 per 1,000 live births India
1980s 53.28 per 1,000 live births 93.59 per 1,000 live births 40.31 per 1,000 live births India
1990s 59.94 per 1,000 live births 75.35 per 1,000 live births 15.41 per 1,000 live births India
2000s 53.13 per 1,000 live births 58.21 per 1,000 live births 5.08 per 1,000 live births India
2010s 32.36 per 1,000 live births 38.04 per 1,000 live births 5.68 per 1,000 live births India
2020s 25.48 per 1,000 live births 25.56 per 1,000 live births 0.08 per 1,000 live births India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Congo or India?
Congo, at 24 per 1,000 live births against 23 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Congo and India?
1 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and India?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Congo and India rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
Congo ranks 53rd and India ranks 55th 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

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.