Chad vs Somalia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Chad
0.5028 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Somalia
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Somalia rank
3rd
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Chad
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad, a difference of 0.0561 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
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 200 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 | 1.59 under-five deaths per woman | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 0.167 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 1990s | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | 1.76 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3122 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2000s | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.09 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.8781 under-five deaths per woman | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3116 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.5923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6797 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0875 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Chad or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Chad and Somalia?
- 0.0561 under-five deaths per woman, 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 children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).