Republic of the Congo's life expectancy rose from 55.5 yrs in 1995 to 66.0 yrs in 2024.
Republic of the Congo · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Republic of the Congo's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 45.5 yrs in 2000 to 54.8 yrs in 2021.
Republic of the Congo's infant mortality fell from 67.0 ‰ in 1995 to 27.0 ‰ in 2024.
Republic of the Congo's under-5 mortality rate fell from 104.5 ‰ in 1995 to 39.1 ‰ in 2024.
Republic of the Congo's maternal mortality ratio fell from 551.0 /100k in 1994 to 241.0 /100k in 2023.
Republic of the Congo's ncd mortality fell from 36.5 % in 2000 to 21.2 % in 2021.
Republic of the Congo's suicide mortality rate fell from 12.0 /100k in 2000 to 6.7 /100k in 2021.
Republic of the Congo's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 26.3 /100k in 2000 to 29.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +1.0 pts172nd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +42.2 %156th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.0 pts100th of 192
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- Physiciansup +74.7 %107th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +20.9 %103rd of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −52.2 %84th of 112*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +7.0 pts160th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts149th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts137th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +1.3 %188th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.2 pts114th of 150*
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- Safe sanitationNo data