Statizoid

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guinea: Number of child deaths per woman

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.4771 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea
0.3935 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
5th
Guinea rank
7th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Guinea
0.511.52193719802024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman in Guinea, a difference of 0.0836 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.2 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Guinea ranks 7th of 200 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).