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

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

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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, neonatal (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, neonatal

Congo

16.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gabon

16.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

55th

Gabon rank

56th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Congo
Gabon

How they compare

Congo currently reports 16.5 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1980s	29.07 per 1,000 live births	28.94 per 1,000 live births	0.1375 per 1,000 live births	Congo
1990s	30.05 per 1,000 live births	26.07 per 1,000 live births	3.98 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2000s	26.67 per 1,000 live births	26.44 per 1,000 live births	0.23 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2010s	19.94 per 1,000 live births	21.4 per 1,000 live births	1.46 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
2020s	17.2 per 1,000 live births	17.46 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Congo or Gabon?: Congo, at 16.5 per 1,000 live births against 16.3 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Congo and Gabon?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Gabon?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Congo and Gabon rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Congo ranks 55th and Gabon ranks 56th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Congo vs Gabon: Mortality rate, neonatal. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/congo-rep/gabon/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/congo-rep/gabon/">Congo vs Gabon: Mortality rate, neonatal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Mortality rate, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.