Congo - Kinshasa vs Italy

Congo - Kinshasa vs Italy: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.3 per 100 live births in Italy, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 8.7 per 100 live births, or 33 times that in Italy.

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

All yearsSince 1950Since 1990Since 2010
ValuesChange
LinearLog
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Congo - Kinshasa vs Italy: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.3 per 100 live births in Italy, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 8.7 per 100 live births, or 33 times that in Italy.
Congo - KinshasaItalyWorld

Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Congo - Kinshasa9 20249.38 of 200
Italy0.3 20240.4185 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
  • 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

YearCongo - KinshasaItalyWorld
202490.33.7
20239.10.33.8
20229.30.34
20219.30.34
20209.30.33.9
20199.20.34
20189.20.34
20179.20.34.1
20169.20.34.2
20159.20.44.3
20149.30.44.4
20139.40.44.5
20129.60.44.7
20119.80.45
201010.10.45.1
200910.50.45.3
200810.90.45.5
200711.40.45.7
200611.90.46
200512.40.56.2
200415.90.56.6
200316.60.56.8
200217.20.57.1
200117.80.57.4
200018.50.67.7
1999190.67.9
199819.60.68.3
199720.70.78.4
1996210.78.6
199516.90.88.8
199417.10.88.9
199317.30.99.1
199217.50.99.2
199117.80.99.3
19901819.4
198918.219.5
198818.5110
198718.71.19.9
198618.91.110.3
198519.21.210.6
198419.41.310.9
198319.71.411.1
1982201.411.2
198120.31.511.6
198020.71.611.9
1979211.711.9
197821.41.812.3
197721.8212.6
197622.22.112.8
197522.62.313.1
1974232.513.3
197323.42.813.5
197223.8313.7
197124.13.213.9
197024.53.414.2
196924.83.514.6
1968–3.615
1967–3.815.3
1966–3.915.1
1965–4.115.1
1964–4.315.7
1963–4.516.2
1962–4.817
1961–518.8
196028.35.220.2
1959–5.419.9
1958–5.619.7
1957–5.820.5
1956–621.3
1955–6.222.3
1954–6.522.8
1953–723.3
1952–7.523.9
1951–8.224.3
1950–8.924.7
1949–9.424.9
1948–9.524.9
1947–11.225.5
1946–13.825.8
1945–14.226.7
1944–13.727.4
1943–15.727.7
1942–15.427.9
1941–15.327.8
1940–14.227.9
1939–1428
1938–15.728.7
1937–16.228.8
1936–14.529.1
1935–15.129.5
1934–14.830.7
1933–1530.5
1932–16.330.7
1931–16.531.4
1930–16.631.6
1929–18.632
1928–18.531.9
1927–18.631.9
1926–20.132.7
1925–19.232.4
1924–1933.1
1923–19.833.1
1922–20.633.2
1921–2234.2
1920–24.434.4
1919–24.335.7
1918–35.537.6
1917–23.435.3
1916–25.535.1
1915–24.635.3
1914–2135.4
1913–22.935.1
1912–22.235.5
1911–2636
1910–24.336.4
1909–26.236.6
1908–27.637.2
1907–25.537.4
1906–26.638.1
1905–27.338.8
1904–26.838.9
1903–2839.5
1902–29.240.1
1901–27.740.8
1900–29.740.9
1899–27.340.8
1898–29.141.2
1897–28.241
1896–30.941.1
1895–32.241.3
1894–31.641.2
1893–31.741.2
1892–32.441.7
1891–33.641.3
1890–33.341.5
1889–32.941.2
1888–34.841
1887–35.941.1
1886–36.541.1
1885–35.741.2
1884–35.141.1
1883–37.541.4
1882–39.141.5
1881–38.641.1
1880–38.741.6
1879–37.341.1
1878–37.141.6
1877–36.741.2
1876–37.841.4
1875–40.441.5
1874–40.541.7
1873–4141.8
1872–44.542.1
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

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time