Congo vs Gambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Congo
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Gambia rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Congo
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 2.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Congo ranks 40th and Gambia ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.56 per 1,000 live births | 318.63 per 1,000 live births | 160.07 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 116.6 per 1,000 live births | 254.51 per 1,000 live births | 137.91 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 91.38 per 1,000 live births | 190.13 per 1,000 live births | 98.75 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 96.9 per 1,000 live births | 132.49 per 1,000 live births | 35.59 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 83.55 per 1,000 live births | 86.04 per 1,000 live births | 2.49 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2010s | 50.02 per 1,000 live births | 54.69 per 1,000 live births | 4.67 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2020s | 38 per 1,000 live births | 40.48 per 1,000 live births | 2.48 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Congo or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Congo and Gambia?
- 2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Gambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Gambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Congo ranks 40th and Gambia ranks 37th 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, under-5, 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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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.