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DR Congo

Overview

Health indicators, mortality rates, disease burden, and healthcare infrastructure data for DR Congo.

Healthcare Quality

Oyster healthcare score
21
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Stored score on a 0–100 scale. Oyster List uses several healthcare proxy methods; this row does not record its input sources, observation year, or formula version. It cannot be identified as a direct WHO or World Bank score. Scoring limitations.

WHO Health Indicators

Browse the latest available value for each stored sex, age, other dimension and unit combination across these pages. Different scopes are separate series. Periods can be old; a recent import does not make an old period current. Future-dated periods are listed separately because the stored data does not identify observation versus projection status.

58 scoped series entries across 33 indicators. Up to 50 entries per page; category counts below refer to this page.

Suicide deaths
4.205121
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Female · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/180_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
11.948365
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Male · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/180_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
8.040376
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Total · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/180_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
24.100000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/180_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
26.800000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/180_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
25.300000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2013
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/180_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Homicide deaths
5.250506
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/180_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Homicide deaths
22.008795
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/180_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.928247
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/180_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
1.856060
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/180_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Mortality rate (neonetal)
35.210320
Unit: deaths per 1000 live births · Period: 2006
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 27 days
WHO data portal · Indicator: A4C49D3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A4C49D3_3.2.2- Neonatal mortality rate/180_A4C49D3_Dataset_2024-05-16.csv
Maternal mortality ratio
506.982119
Unit: deaths per 100 000 live births · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: AC597B1 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: AC597B1_3.1.1 - Maternal mortality ratio/180_AC597B1_Dataset_2025-04-10.csv
Road traffic deaths
16.300000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: D6176E2 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D6176E2_3.6.1 - Deaths due to road traffic injuries/180_D6176E2_Dataset_2024-02-05.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
191.068000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/180_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
234.957000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/180_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
211.883000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/180_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
41.600000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/180_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
63.000000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/180_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
52.300000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/180_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Malaria cases
313.268289
Unit: cases per 1000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 442CEA8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 442CEA8_3.3.3 - Malaria/180_442CEA8_Dataset_2024-03-08.csv
HIV infections
0.210000
Unit: infections per 1000 · Period: 2024
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 77D059C · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 77D059C_3.3.1 - HIV infections/180_77D059C_Dataset_2025-03-26.csv
Tuberculosis cases
316.000000
Unit: cases per 100 000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: C288D13 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: C288D13_3.3.2 - Tuberculosis/180_C288D13_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Stunting in children (under 5)
39.700000
Unit: % of children · Period: 2020
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5F8A486 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5F8A486_2.2.1 - Stunting/180_5F8A486_Dataset_2025-05-08.csv
Tobacco use
2.500000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
2.000000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
20.500000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
18.700000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
11.500000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
10.300000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified

Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.

WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/180_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
3.353951
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Female · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/180_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
1.892379
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Male · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/180_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
2.648064
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2002
Sex: Total · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/180_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Intimate partner violence prevalence among ever partnered women in their lifetime (%)
47.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E0D4E17 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E0D4E17_5.2.2 - Sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (last 12 months)/180_E0D4E17_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
11.170800
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/180_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed sanitation services
13.035770
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 12EE54A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 12EE54A_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/180_12EE54A_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
0.512610
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/180_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
11.584340
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/180_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using safely managed drinking-water services
31.848090
Unit: % of population · Period: 2004
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1548EA3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1548EA3_6.1.1 - Safely managed drinking water/180_1548EA3_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels
0.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 6A64C9A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 6A64C9A_7.1.2 - Clean fuels/180_6A64C9A_Dataset_2024-04-29.csv
Safely treated domestic wastewater flows
15.778085
Unit: % of wastewater flows · Period: 2024
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: A37BDD6 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A37BDD6_6.3.1 - Safely treated wastewater/180_A37BDD6_Dataset_2025-05-12.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
12.333630
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/180_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
19.352470
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/180_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
27.319310
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/180_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Births attended by health personnel
85.000000
Unit: % of births · Period: 2017
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1772666 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1772666_3.1.2 - Births attended by skilled health personnel/180_1772666_Dataset_2025-04-07.csv
Density of doctors
2.080000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 217795A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 217795A_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/180_217795A_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Density of nurses and midwives
11.680000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5C8435F · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5C8435F_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/180_5C8435F_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
General government expenditure on domestic health
3.983704
Unit: % spent on health · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: B9C6C79 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: B9C6C79_1.a.2 - Government spending essential services/180_B9C6C79_Dataset_2025-04-04.csv
Density of pharmacists
0.090000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 45CA7C8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 45CA7C8_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/180_45CA7C8_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Hypertension in adults (age 30 to 79)
34.300000
Unit: % of 30 - 79 year olds · Period: 2011
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 608DE39 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 608DE39/180_608DE39_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Family planning satisfied with modern methods
33.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2017
Sex: Female · Age: 15 to 49 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 8074BD9 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 8074BD9_3.7.1 - Women satisfied with modern methods/180_8074BD9_Dataset_2025-05-06.csv

World Bank Health Indicators

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-49)
36.80
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)
57.70
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)
24.40
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)
49.10
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)
51.40
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
74.80
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)
43.50
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
34.20
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q2
29.90
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q3
27.80
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q4
24.00
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
18.90
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
53.00
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q2
48.30
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q3
44.90
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q4
33.30
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
20.70
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
80.80
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q2
77.60
2014 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q3
73.20
2014 · World Bank
Sources: WHO World Bank

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