Congo - Kinshasa vs Saudi Arabia

Congo - Kinshasa vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 8.4 per 100 live births, or 15 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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

All yearsSince 1990Since 2010
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Congo - Kinshasa vs Saudi Arabia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.6 per 100 live births in Saudi Arabia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 8.4 per 100 live births, or 15 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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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
Saudi Arabia0.6 20241149 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 - KinshasaSaudi ArabiaWorld
202490.63.7
20239.10.63.8
20229.30.64
20219.30.74
20209.30.73.9
20199.20.74
20189.20.84
20179.20.84.1
20169.20.94.2
20159.20.94.3
20149.314.4
20139.414.5
20129.61.14.7
20119.81.15
201010.11.25.1
200910.51.35.3
200810.91.45.5
200711.41.55.7
200611.91.56
200512.41.66.2
200415.91.76.6
200316.61.86.8
200217.21.97.1
200117.82.17.4
200018.52.27.7
1999192.37.9
199819.62.58.3
199720.72.78.4
1996212.88.6
199516.938.8
199417.13.38.9
199317.33.59.1
199217.53.89.2
199117.84.19.3
1990184.49.4
198918.24.89.5
198818.55.210
198718.75.69.9
198618.9610.3
198519.26.510.6
198419.4710.9
198319.77.511.1
1982208.111.2
198120.38.711.6
198020.79.311.9
1979211011.9
197821.410.712.3
197721.811.412.6
197622.212.212.8
197522.61313.1
19742313.913.3
197323.414.913.5
197223.815.913.7
197124.117.113.9
197024.518.314.2
196924.8–14.6
1968––15
1967––15.3
1966––15.1
1965––15.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962––17
1961––18.8
196028.324.320.2
1959––19.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––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

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