Chad vs Zimbabwe: Infant mortality rate by sex
Chad
5.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
5.58 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
9th
Zimbabwe rank
6th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Chad
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 5.58 deaths per 100 live births against 5.04 deaths per 100 live births in Chad, a difference of 0.54 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 9th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 7 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.35 deaths per 100 live births | 7.31 deaths per 100 live births | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1960s | 13.1 deaths per 100 live births | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | 6.62 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1970s | 12.57 deaths per 100 live births | 6.21 deaths per 100 live births | 6.36 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1980s | 11.61 deaths per 100 live births | 5.74 deaths per 100 live births | 5.87 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 1990s | 10.15 deaths per 100 live births | 5.07 deaths per 100 live births | 5.08 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2000s | 8.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.82 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2010s | 6.59 deaths per 100 live births | 5.13 deaths per 100 live births | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | Chad |
| 2020s | 5.34 deaths per 100 live births | 5.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0869 deaths per 100 live births | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Chad or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 5.58 deaths per 100 live births against 5.04 deaths per 100 live births in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Chad and Zimbabwe?
- 0.54 deaths per 100 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Zimbabwe?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Zimbabwe rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Chad ranks 9th and Zimbabwe ranks 6th 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 Infant mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .