Congo vs Laos: Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people

Congo

2.21 cases per million

in 2024

Laos

2.96 cases per million

in 2024

Congo rank

15th

Laos rank

12th

Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people over time

Laos currently reports 2.96 cases per million against 2.21 cases per million in Congo, a difference of 0.75 cases per million.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 15th and Laos ranks 12th of 210 countries.

Indicator: Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people
Unit: cases per million
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 210 places, 7,819 data points, 1974–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Confirmed neonatal tetanus cases per million.