Congo vs Ethiopia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Congo
0.1647 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia
0.1509 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
35th
Ethiopia rank
38th

Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time

  • Congo
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.1647 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1509 under-five deaths per woman in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0138 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 35th and Ethiopia ranks 38th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
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).