Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Infant mortality rate by sex

Chad

5.04 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

5.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

9th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

10th

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Chad currently reports 5.04 deaths per 100 live births against 5.03 deaths per 100 live births in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.011 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 9th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Infant mortality rate by sex
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, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .