Chad vs South Sudan: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita

Chad
9.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
9.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
South Sudan rank
5th

Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Chad
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Chad currently reports 9.73 deaths per 100 live births against 9.67 deaths per 100 live births in South Sudan, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was South Sudan ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 5th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 2 and South Sudan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad South Sudan Difference Ahead
1950s 27.14 deaths per 100 live births 36.16 deaths per 100 live births 9.02 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
1960s 26.22 deaths per 100 live births 37.48 deaths per 100 live births 11.26 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
1970s 24.82 deaths per 100 live births 31.39 deaths per 100 live births 6.58 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
1980s 22.72 deaths per 100 live births 33.74 deaths per 100 live births 11.03 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
1990s 19.87 deaths per 100 live births 28.91 deaths per 100 live births 9.03 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
2000s 16.68 deaths per 100 live births 14.39 deaths per 100 live births 2.29 deaths per 100 live births Chad
2010s 13.04 deaths per 100 live births 16.24 deaths per 100 live births 3.21 deaths per 100 live births South Sudan
2020s 10.39 deaths per 100 live births 9.67 deaths per 100 live births 0.724 deaths per 100 live births Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Chad or South Sudan?
Chad, at 9.73 deaths per 100 live births against 9.67 deaths per 100 live births in South Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Chad and South Sudan?
0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and South Sudan?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Chad and South Sudan rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
Chad ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 5th of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 13,286 data points, 1950–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.