Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Republic of the Congo

Infant mortality rate in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 27 per 1,000. Ranked 143 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 71.7%.

2024 27 per 1,000 −2.53% vs 2023
World rank 143of 196
Period maximum 95.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 27 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 95.5 per 1,0001962: 90.5 per 1,0001964: 85.9 per 1,0001966: 81.9 per 1,0001968: 78.2 per 1,0001970: 74.9 per 1,0001972: 72.4 per 1,0001974: 70 per 1,0001976: 67.9 per 1,0001978: 65.7 per 1,0001980: 63.6 per 1,0001982: 61.5 per 1,0001984: 59 per 1,0001986: 57.2 per 1,0001988: 56.5 per 1,0001990: 57.6 per 1,0001992: 60.5 per 1,0001994: 64.7 per 1,0001996: 69.4 per 1,0001998: 73.2 per 1,0002000: 73 per 1,0002002: 68.2 per 1,0002004: 60.3 per 1,0002006: 52.1 per 1,0002008: 45.5 per 1,0002010: 41.2 per 1,0002012: 38.5 per 1,0002014: 36.4 per 1,0002016: 34.2 per 1,0002018: 32.2 per 1,0002020: 30.3 per 1,0002022: 28.5 per 1,0002024: 27 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68.5 (−71.73%) Average annual rate: -1.95 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 27 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 48.5 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27 −0.7 −2.53%
2023 27.7 −0.8 −2.81%
2022 28.5 −0.9 −3.06%
2021 29.4 −0.9 −2.97%
2020 30.3 −2.9 −8.73%
2019 33.2 +1 +3.11%
2018 32.2 −1 −3.01%
2017 33.2 −1 −2.92%
2016 34.2 −1.1 −3.12%
2015 35.3 −1.1 −3.02%
2014 36.4 −1 −2.67%
2013 37.4 −1.1 −2.86%
2012 38.5 −1.2 −3.02%
2011 39.7 −1.5 −3.64%
2010 41.2 −1.9 −4.41%
2009 43.1 −2.4 −5.27%
2008 45.5 −3 −6.19%
2007 48.5 −3.6 −6.91%
2006 52.1 −4 −7.13%
2005 56.1 −4.2 −6.97%
2004 60.3 −4.3 −6.66%
2003 64.6 −3.6 −5.28%
2002 68.2 −2.9 −4.08%
2001 71.1 −1.9 −2.6%
2000 73 −0.7 −0.95%
1999 73.7 +0.5 +0.68%
1998 73.2 +1.6 +2.23%
1997 71.6 +2.2 +3.17%
1996 69.4 +2.4 +3.58%
1995 67 +2.3 +3.55%
1994 64.7 +2.3 +3.69%
1993 62.4 +1.9 +3.14%
1992 60.5 +1.7 +2.89%
1991 58.8 +1.2 +2.08%
1990 57.6 +0.8 +1.41%
1989 56.8 +0.3 +0.53%
1988 56.5 −0.2 −0.35%
1987 56.7 −0.5 −0.87%
1986 57.2 −0.8 −1.38%
1985 58 −1 −1.69%
1984 59 −1.3 −2.16%
1983 60.3 −1.2 −1.95%
1982 61.5 −1.1 −1.76%
1981 62.6 −1 −1.57%
1980 63.6 −1.1 −1.7%
1979 64.7 −1 −1.52%
1978 65.7 −1 −1.5%
1977 66.7 −1.2 −1.77%
1976 67.9 −1 −1.45%
1975 68.9 −1.1 −1.57%
1974 70 −1.3 −1.82%
1973 71.3 −1.1 −1.52%
1972 72.4 −1.3 −1.76%
1971 73.7 −1.2 −1.6%
1970 74.9 −1.6 −2.09%
1969 76.5 −1.7 −2.17%
1968 78.2 −1.8 −2.25%
1967 80 −1.9 −2.32%
1966 81.9 −2 −2.38%
1965 83.9 −2 −2.33%
1964 85.9 −2.3 −2.61%
1963 88.2 −2.3 −2.54%
1962 90.5 −2.4 −2.58%
1961 92.9 −2.6 −2.72%
1960 95.5

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.