Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa

Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 7.5 per 100 live births in Benin and 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 1.5 per 100 live births, or 1.2 times that in Benin.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Benin vs Congo - Kinshasa: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 7.5 per 100 live births in Benin and 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 1.5 per 100 live births, or 1.2 times that in Benin.
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What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Benin.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearBeninCongo - KinshasaWorld
20247.593.7
20237.79.13.8
202289.34
20218.29.34
20208.59.33.9
20198.79.24
20188.99.24
20179.29.24.1
20169.49.24.2
20159.69.24.3
20149.89.34.4
201310.19.44.5
201210.39.64.7
201110.59.85
201010.710.15.1
20091110.55.3
200811.210.95.5
200711.411.45.7
200611.711.96
20051212.46.2
200412.315.96.6
200312.516.66.8
200212.917.27.1
200113.217.87.4
200013.518.57.7
199913.8197.9
199814.219.68.3
199714.520.78.4
199614.8218.6
199515.216.98.8
199415.517.18.9
199315.917.39.1
199216.317.59.2
199116.717.89.3
199017.1189.4
198917.518.29.5
198817.918.510
198718.418.79.9
198618.718.910.3
198519.119.210.6
198419.519.410.9
198319.919.711.1
198220.32011.2
198120.720.311.6
198021.120.711.9
197921.62111.9
197822.121.412.3
197722.621.812.6
197623.122.212.8
197523.622.613.1
197424.12313.3
197324.623.413.5
197225.123.813.7
197125.524.113.9
19702624.514.2
196926.424.814.6
196826.8–15
196727.3–15.3
196627.8–15.1
196528.3–15.1
196428.8–15.7
196329.3–16.2
196229.8–17
196130.3–18.8
196030.828.320.2
195931.2–19.9
195831.7–19.7
195732.1–20.5
195632.5–21.3
195532.9–22.3
195433.3–22.8
195333.6–23.3
195234–23.9
195134.3–24.3
195034.7–24.7
194935.1–24.9
194835.5–24.9
194735.9–25.5
194636.3–25.8
194536.8–26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

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Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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