Chad vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality
Chad
9.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
9.05 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Sierra Leone rank
7th
Child mortality over time
- Chad
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Chad currently reports 9.73 deaths per 100 live births against 9.05 deaths per 100 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.68 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1810s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1820s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1830s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1840s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1850s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1880s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 51.39 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1890s | 43.16 deaths per 100 live births | 51.37 deaths per 100 live births | 8.21 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1900s | 42.84 deaths per 100 live births | 50.98 deaths per 100 live births | 8.15 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1910s | 41.96 deaths per 100 live births | 49.94 deaths per 100 live births | 7.98 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 40.95 deaths per 100 live births | 48.84 deaths per 100 live births | 7.89 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 39.65 deaths per 100 live births | 48.51 deaths per 100 live births | 8.86 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 32.41 deaths per 100 live births | 46.81 deaths per 100 live births | 14.4 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 27.36 deaths per 100 live births | 42.22 deaths per 100 live births | 14.87 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 26.22 deaths per 100 live births | 36.39 deaths per 100 live births | 10.17 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 24.82 deaths per 100 live births | 31.01 deaths per 100 live births | 6.19 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 22.72 deaths per 100 live births | 27.22 deaths per 100 live births | 4.5 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 19.87 deaths per 100 live births | 24.56 deaths per 100 live births | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 16.68 deaths per 100 live births | 19.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 13.04 deaths per 100 live births | 13.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1922 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 10.39 deaths per 100 live births | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.664 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Chad or Sierra Leone?
- Chad, at 9.73 deaths per 100 live births against 9.05 deaths per 100 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Chad and Sierra Leone?
- 0.68 deaths per 100 live births, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Sierra Leone rank globally for child mortality?
- Chad ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.