What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending 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?

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Somalia: Child mortality vs. health spending

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 vs. health spending 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 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	22.45 deaths per 100 live births	19.33 deaths per 100 live births	3.12 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 vs. health spending, 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 vs. health spending 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?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?: Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .