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

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.4771 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Nigeria
0.5759 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
5th
Nigeria rank
2nd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Nigeria
0.511.522.5196019922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman against 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0988 under-five deaths per woman.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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).