What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Ethiopia?

234,617 deaths, with Congo, Democratic Republic of the ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Ethiopia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs Ethiopia: Number of youth deaths

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

440,235 deaths

in 2024

Ethiopia

205,618 deaths

in 2024

Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank

3rd

Ethiopia rank

5th

Number of youth deaths over time

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Ethiopia

How they compare

Congo, Democratic Republic of the currently reports 440,235 deaths against 205,618 deaths in Ethiopia, a difference of 234,617 deaths.

That makes Congo, Democratic Republic of the's figure about 2.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Ethiopia ranks 5th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Congo, Democratic Republic of the averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	394,019 deaths	547,229 deaths	153,209 deaths	Ethiopia
2000s	397,234 deaths	421,822 deaths	24,588 deaths	Ethiopia
2010s	359,462 deaths	262,264 deaths	97,198 deaths	Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2020s	429,237 deaths	261,137 deaths	168,101 deaths	Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Congo, Democratic Republic of the or Ethiopia?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the, at 440,235 deaths against 205,618 deaths in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Ethiopia?: 234,617 deaths, with Congo, Democratic Republic of the ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Ethiopia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Ethiopia rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 3rd and Ethiopia ranks 5th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.