Chad vs Somalia: Child mortality
Chad
9.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Somalia
10.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Somalia rank
3rd
Child mortality over time
- Chad
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.73 deaths per 100 live births in Chad, a difference of 0.38 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Somalia ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 20.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1810s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1820s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1830s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1840s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1850s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1860s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1870s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1880s | 43.18 deaths per 100 live births | 45.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1890s | 43.16 deaths per 100 live births | 45.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1900s | 42.84 deaths per 100 live births | 44.84 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1910s | 41.96 deaths per 100 live births | 43.92 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1920s | 40.95 deaths per 100 live births | 42.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1930s | 39.65 deaths per 100 live births | 40.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9434 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1940s | 32.41 deaths per 100 live births | 36.12 deaths per 100 live births | 3.71 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1950s | 27.36 deaths per 100 live births | 29.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 1960s | 26.22 deaths per 100 live births | 25.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6054 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1970s | 24.82 deaths per 100 live births | 22.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1980s | 22.72 deaths per 100 live births | 19.53 deaths per 100 live births | 3.18 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1990s | 19.87 deaths per 100 live births | 23.31 deaths per 100 live births | 3.44 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2000s | 16.68 deaths per 100 live births | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4321 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 13.04 deaths per 100 live births | 16.93 deaths per 100 live births | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 10.39 deaths per 100 live births | 11.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Chad or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.73 deaths per 100 live births in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Chad and Somalia?
- 0.38 deaths per 100 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for child mortality?
- Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.