What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa?

8.3 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, infant, female

Chad

50.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

42.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

9th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

6th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Chad currently reports 50.4 per 1,000 live births against 42.1 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 8.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Chad has been ahead every year.

Chad ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 197 countries.

Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	101.53 per 1,000 live births	90.92 per 1,000 live births	10.61 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2000s	84.67 per 1,000 live births	67.81 per 1,000 live births	16.86 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2010s	65.84 per 1,000 live births	49.37 per 1,000 live births	16.47 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2020s	53.44 per 1,000 live births	44.04 per 1,000 live births	9.4 per 1,000 live births	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Chad or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Chad, at 50.4 per 1,000 live births against 42.1 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 8.3 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Chad ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.