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Congo vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5

Congo
39.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
38.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Kenya rank
43rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Congo
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 39.1 per 1,000 live births against 38.8 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.