Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9 per 100 live births in Congo - Kinshasa and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.1 per 100 live births, or 1.85 times that in Zambia.

Watch it change on the map

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

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Zambia.
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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Zambia	World
2024	9	4.8	3.7
2023	9.1	4.9	3.8
2022	9.3	5	4
2021	9.3	5	4
2020	9.3	5.3	3.9
2019	9.2	5.4	4
2018	9.2	5.5	4
2017	9.2	5.5	4.1
2016	9.2	5.7	4.2
2015	9.2	6	4.3
2014	9.3	6.3	4.4
2013	9.4	6.6	4.5
2012	9.6	6.9	4.7
2011	9.8	7.2	5
2010	10.1	7.4	5.1
2009	10.5	7.8	5.3
2008	10.9	8.4	5.5
2007	11.4	8.9	5.7
2006	11.9	9.5	6
2005	12.4	10.3	6.2
2004	15.9	11.2	6.6
2003	16.6	12.2	6.8
2002	17.2	13.3	7.1
2001	17.8	14.3	7.4
2000	18.5	15.2	7.7
1999	19	15.8	7.9
1998	19.6	16.3	8.3
1997	20.7	16.6	8.4
1996	21	16.9	8.6
1995	16.9	17.2	8.8
1994	17.1	17.6	8.9
1993	17.3	17.9	9.1
1992	17.5	18	9.2
1991	17.8	18.1	9.3
1990	18	18.1	9.4
1989	18.2	17.9	9.5
1988	18.5	17.7	10
1987	18.7	17.4	9.9
1986	18.9	17	10.3
1985	19.2	16.6	10.6
1984	19.4	16.2	10.9
1983	19.7	15.9	11.1
1982	20	15.7	11.2
1981	20.3	15.6	11.6
1980	20.7	15.5	11.9
1979	21	15.4	11.9
1978	21.4	15.4	12.3
1977	21.8	15.4	12.6
1976	22.2	15.4	12.8
1975	22.6	15.6	13.1
1974	23	16	13.3
1973	23.4	16.5	13.5
1972	23.8	17	13.7
1971	24.1	17.5	13.9
1970	24.5	18	14.2
1969	24.8	18.4	14.6
1968	–	18.6	15
1967	–	18.8	15.3
1966	–	18.9	15.1
1965	–	19	15.1
1964	–	19.2	15.7
1963	–	19.5	16.2
1962	–	19.8	17
1961	–	20.1	18.8
1960	28.3	20.5	20.2
1959	–	20.9	19.9
1958	–	21.3	19.7
1957	–	21.7	20.5
1956	–	22.1	21.3
1955	–	22.5	22.3
1954	–	22.9	22.8
1953	–	23.4	23.3
1952	–	23.8	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