Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Mortality rate, infant

Chad
56.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo
56.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
10th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
9th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Chad
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 56.4 per 1,000 live births against 56.3 per 1,000 live births in Chad, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 9th of 197 countries.

Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Democratic Republic of Congo Difference Ahead
1960s 138.5 per 1,000 live births 128.3 per 1,000 live births 10.2 per 1,000 live births Chad
1970s 135.02 per 1,000 live births 120.04 per 1,000 live births 14.98 per 1,000 live births Chad
1980s 124.94 per 1,000 live births 104.67 per 1,000 live births 20.27 per 1,000 live births Chad
1990s 110.16 per 1,000 live births 103.05 per 1,000 live births 7.11 per 1,000 live births Chad
2000s 93.15 per 1,000 live births 82.45 per 1,000 live births 10.7 per 1,000 live births Chad
2010s 73.12 per 1,000 live births 56.31 per 1,000 live births 16.81 per 1,000 live births Chad
2020s 59.62 per 1,000 live births 57.2 per 1,000 live births 2.42 per 1,000 live births Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Chad or Democratic Republic of Congo?
Democratic Republic of Congo, at 56.4 per 1,000 live births against 56.3 per 1,000 live births in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?
56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Chad ranks 10th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 9th 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 (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 (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

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