Congo vs Tanzania: Number of child deaths per woman
Congo
0.1647 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Tanzania
0.168 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
35th
Tanzania rank
33rd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Congo
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.168 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1647 under-five deaths per woman in Congo, a difference of 0.0033 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Tanzania ahead.
Congo ranks 35th and Tanzania ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2156 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 1.57 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5423 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.7758 under-five deaths per woman | 1.38 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6065 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.5528 under-five deaths per woman | 1.17 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6147 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman | 0.923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4069 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.4198 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5428 under-five deaths per woman | 0.123 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.2499 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2845 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0346 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.1766 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1876 under-five deaths per woman | 0.011 under-five deaths per woman | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Congo or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.168 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 Tanzania?
- 0.0033 under-five deaths per woman, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Tanzania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Tanzania rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Congo ranks 35th and Tanzania ranks 33rd 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).