Congo, Rep.'s number of neonatal deaths was 3,182 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 11.29% from 3,587 in 2014 (1.19% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3,182 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3,309 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 3,587 | 2014 |
| Highest | 3,776 | 2010 |
| Lowest | 2,360 | 1983 |
| Average since 2015 | 3,306 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 2,360 | 1983 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Congo, Rep.'s number of neonatal deaths rose 0.1% on 2023 (from 3,180 to 3,182).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.3% and a typical year strayed about 2.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 4.9% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.3% in 2014. 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 downward, about 36.34 a year. A straight line explains 95% 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.
How it compares
In 2024, Congo, Rep. had the 65th highest value of the 196 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Rep. | 3,182 | 2024 |
| World | 2.27 million | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.12 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 1.39 million | 2024 |
Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2024 ranking
- Peru — 62nd of 196: 3,512
- Turkmenistan — 63rd of 196: 3,501
- Cambodia — 64th of 196: 3,413
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 66th of 196: 3,048
- Tajikistan — 67th of 196: 2,979
- Thailand — 68th of 196: 2,974
What this measures
Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Limitations: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 42 values
| Year | Number of neonatal deaths |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,182 |
| 2023 | 3,180 |
| 2022 | 3,209 |
| 2021 | 3,243 |
| 2020 | 3,262 |
| 2019 | 3,309 |
| 2018 | 3,336 |
| 2017 | 3,380 |
| 2016 | 3,441 |
| 2015 | 3,514 |
| 2014 |
Number of neonatal deaths in nearby economies
- Angola — 25,491 (2024)
- Benin — 13,130 (2024)
- Botswana — 1,083 (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 17,516 (2024)
- Burundi — 8,890 (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 52 (2024)
- Cameroon — 24,029 (2024)
- Central African Republic — 7,362 (2024)
- Chad — 26,626 (2024)
- Comoros — 542 (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 105,425 (2024)
- Côte d'Ivoire
More health data for Congo, Rep.
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.9% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.18% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.28 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 39.57% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.31 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 40.31% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.59 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 39.94% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Rep.'s number of neonatal deaths?
- 3,182 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1983?
- It is up 34.83% from 2,360 in 1983 (0.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3,776 in 2010 and the lowest 2,360 in 1983.
- How does Congo, Rep. rank?
- 65th highest of 196 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in number of neonatal deaths unusual for Congo, Rep.?
- In 2024, Congo, Rep.'s number of neonatal deaths rose 0.1% on 2023 (from 3,180 to 3,182). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.3% and a typical year strayed about 2.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NMRT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank (WB), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agenc… 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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