What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea?

1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea?

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

Democratic Republic of Congo

97.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea

98.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

7th

Guinea rank

6th

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 98.8 per 1,000 live births against 97.3 per 1,000 live births in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Guinea ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 7th and Guinea ranks 6th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 1 and Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	257.6 per 1,000 live births	331.6 per 1,000 live births	74 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1970s	236.99 per 1,000 live births	312.06 per 1,000 live births	75.07 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1980s	201.63 per 1,000 live births	267.3 per 1,000 live births	65.67 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1990s	193.73 per 1,000 live births	211.54 per 1,000 live births	17.81 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2000s	152.18 per 1,000 live births	149.77 per 1,000 live births	2.41 per 1,000 live births	Democratic Republic of Congo
2010s	101.83 per 1,000 live births	121.86 per 1,000 live births	20.03 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2020s	99.7 per 1,000 live births	104.56 per 1,000 live births	4.86 per 1,000 live births	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Democratic Republic of Congo or Guinea?: Guinea, at 98.8 per 1,000 live births against 97.3 per 1,000 live births in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea?: 1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 7th and Guinea ranks 6th 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, male (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, under-5, male (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: 29 October 2026

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.