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

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.4771 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mali
0.389 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
5th
Mali rank
8th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Mali
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman against 0.389 under-five deaths per woman in Mali, a difference of 0.0881 under-five deaths per woman.

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

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

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Mali ranks 8th of 200 countries.

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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).