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

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Laos ahead.

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

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo vs Laos: Mortality rate, infant

Congo

27 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos

27.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

54th

Laos rank

53rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Congo
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 27 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 54th and Laos ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1970s	65.2 per 1,000 live births	134.25 per 1,000 live births	69.05 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	59.22 per 1,000 live births	123.22 per 1,000 live births	64 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	65.89 per 1,000 live births	98.08 per 1,000 live births	32.19 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2000s	58.25 per 1,000 live births	67.95 per 1,000 live births	9.7 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	36.13 per 1,000 live births	41.44 per 1,000 live births	5.31 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	28.58 per 1,000 live births	29.42 per 1,000 live births	0.84 per 1,000 live births	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Congo or Laos?: Laos, at 27.2 per 1,000 live births against 27 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Congo and Laos?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Laos?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Congo and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Congo ranks 54th and Laos ranks 53rd 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 (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 (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: 20 August 2026

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