Statizoid

Congo vs Lesotho: Number of child deaths per woman

Congo
0.1647 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Lesotho
0.1655 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
35th
Lesotho rank
34th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Congo
  • Lesotho
00.511.52194419842024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1647 under-five deaths per woman in Congo, a difference of 0.0008 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Congo ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 34th 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).