Chad vs Niger: Child mortality rate
Chad
9.73 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Niger
11.07 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Niger rank
2nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Chad
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 11.07 deaths per 100 live births against 9.73 deaths per 100 live births in Chad, a difference of 1.34 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Niger ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Niger in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.77 deaths per 100 live births | 32.49 deaths per 100 live births | 6.72 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 1970s | 24.82 deaths per 100 live births | 33.79 deaths per 100 live births | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 1980s | 22.72 deaths per 100 live births | 33.41 deaths per 100 live births | 10.7 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 1990s | 19.87 deaths per 100 live births | 28.69 deaths per 100 live births | 8.82 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 2000s | 16.68 deaths per 100 live births | 18 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 2010s | 13.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.341 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2020s | 10.39 deaths per 100 live births | 11.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Chad or Niger?
- Niger, at 11.07 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 rate between Chad and Niger?
- 1.34 deaths per 100 live births, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Niger?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Niger rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 2nd 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.