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The children mortality rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

79 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021

Children mortality rate of Democratic Republic of the Congo fell gradually from 240.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1972 to 79 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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Alternate Sources
IHME Infant and Child Mortality Estimates, February 2011 57.46 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Children mortality rate in Africa
Niger 115.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Somalia 111.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Nigeria 110.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Chad 107.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Sierra Leone 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Central African Republic 99.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Guinea 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
South Sudan 98.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mali 97.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Benin 83.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Mortality indicators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Children Deaths 155,665 cases in 2010 IHME
Infant Mortality Rate 62.4 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Life Expectancy 61.52 years in 2021 WB
Maternal Deaths 16,000 numbers in 2017 WB
Mortality Rate 256.02 per 1,000 female adults in 2021 WB
Neonatal Deaths 106,733 Number in 2021 WB
Neonatal Mortality Rate 26.5 per 1,000 live births in 2021 WB
Post Neonatal Deaths 135,942 cases in 2010 IHME
Post Neonatal Mortality Rate 47.1 per 1000 births in 2010 IHME
Survival 59.52 % in 2021 WB
Under-5 Deaths 307,593 Number in 2021 WB