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
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.
Congo ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 34th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.46 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2004 under-five deaths per woman | Congo |
| 1960s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0422 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.7758 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8972 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1214 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.5528 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5466 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0062 under-five deaths per woman | Congo |
| 1990s | 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman | 0.395 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1212 under-five deaths per woman | Congo |
| 2000s | 0.4198 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3906 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0292 under-five deaths per woman | Congo |
| 2010s | 0.2499 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2493 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0006 under-five deaths per woman | Congo |
| 2020s | 0.1766 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1815 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0048 under-five deaths per woman | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Congo or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1647 under-five deaths per woman in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Congo and Lesotho?
- 0.0008 under-five deaths per woman, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Lesotho?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Lesotho rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Congo ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 34th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).