Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.3 per 100 live births in Gabon and 3.9 per 100 live births in Congo - Brazzaville, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Brazzaville, by 0.7 per 100 live births, or 1.2 times that in Gabon.

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 - Brazzaville has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Gabon.
In 2024, Gabon ranked 56 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 40 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	Gabon	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2024	3.3	3.9	3.7
2023	3.4	4	3.8
2022	3.5	4.2	4
2021	3.6	4.3	4
2020	3.7	4.5	3.9
2019	3.9	5.2	4
2018	4	4.8	4
2017	4.1	4.9	4.1
2016	4.3	5.1	4.2
2015	4.4	5.3	4.3
2014	4.6	5.5	4.4
2013	4.7	5.6	4.5
2012	4.9	5.8	4.7
2011	5.1	6	5
2010	5.3	6.2	5.1
2009	5.6	6.5	5.3
2008	5.8	6.9	5.5
2007	6	7.4	5.7
2006	6.2	8	6
2005	6.4	8.6	6.2
2004	6.6	9.2	6.6
2003	6.8	9.9	6.8
2002	7	10.5	7.1
2001	7.2	10.9	7.4
2000	7.3	11.3	7.7
1999	7.5	11.4	7.9
1998	7.6	11.3	8.3
1997	7.7	11.1	8.4
1996	7.8	10.8	8.6
1995	7.9	10.5	8.8
1994	8	10.1	8.9
1993	8.1	9.8	9.1
1992	8.2	9.5	9.2
1991	8.3	9.3	9.3
1990	8.4	9.2	9.4
1989	8.6	9.1	9.5
1988	8.8	9.1	10
1987	9	9.1	9.9
1986	9.2	9.3	10.3
1985	9.5	9.5	10.6
1984	9.8	9.7	10.9
1983	10.1	9.9	11.1
1982	10.4	10.2	11.2
1981	10.8	10.4	11.6
1980	11.2	10.7	11.9
1979	11.5	11	11.9
1978	12	11.2	12.3
1977	12.4	11.5	12.6
1976	12.8	11.8	12.8
1975	13.3	12	13.1
1974	13.7	12.3	13.3
1973	14.2	12.7	13.5
1972	14.7	13	13.7
1971	15.2	13.3	13.9
1970	15.7	13.7	14.2
1969	16.2	14.1	14.6
1968	16.8	14.5	15
1967	17.3	15	15.3
1966	17.9	15.5	15.1
1965	18.5	16.1	15.1
1964	19.2	16.7	15.7
1963	19.8	17.3	16.2
1962	20.5	17.9	17
1961	21.2	18.6	18.8
1960	21.9	19.4	20.2
1959	22.6	20.2	19.9
1958	23.3	21	19.7
1957	24.1	21.9	20.5
1956	24.9	22.8	21.3
1955	25.7	23.7	22.3
1954	26.5	24.6	22.8
1953	27.4	25.5	23.3
1952	28.2	26.3	23.9
1951	29.1	27	24.3
1950	30	27.7	24.7
1949	30.9	28.4	24.9
1948	31.8	29.1	24.9
1947	32.7	29.7	25.5
1946	33.7	30.4	25.8
1945	34.7	31	26.7
1944	35.8	31.7	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