Congo, Dem. Rep.: Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) rose 0.31 percentage points on 2023 (from 64.6% to 64.91%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.1 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.37 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.6 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 66.18% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.82%, against 3.5% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 202nd highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2024 ranking

• Sierra Leone — 199th of 217: 65.43%
• Eswatini — 200th of 217: 65.39%
• Burkina Faso — 201st of 217: 65.34%
• Mali — 203rd of 217: 63.52%
• Togo — 204th of 217: 63.35%
• Liberia — 205th of 217: 62.22%

What this measures

Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 65 values

Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) in nearby economies

• Angola — 69.6% (2024)
• Benin — 61.78% (2024)
• Botswana — 75.28% (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 65.34% (2024)
• Burundi — 66.74% (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 89.9% (2024)
• Cameroon — 68.31% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 52.91% (2024)
• Chad — 53.06% (2024)
• Comoros — 72.97% (2024)

More health data for Congo, Dem. Rep.

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 17.76% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 18.23% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 25.86 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 45.48% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 25.99 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 46.42% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 51.85 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 45.95% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 15.08% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)?

64.91% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 30.87 percentage points from 34.04% in 1960. The highest value was 64.91% in 2024 and the lowest 33.47% in 1961.

How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.TO65.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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