What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Chad and Somalia?

3.2 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Somalia: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Chad

103.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

106.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

4th

Somalia rank

3rd

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Chad
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 106.4 per 1,000 live births against 103.2 per 1,000 live births in Chad, a difference of 3.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 197 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	233.49 per 1,000 live births	199.99 per 1,000 live births	33.5 per 1,000 live births	Chad
1990s	207.89 per 1,000 live births	240.53 per 1,000 live births	32.64 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	175.27 per 1,000 live births	178.12 per 1,000 live births	2.85 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	137.56 per 1,000 live births	175.61 per 1,000 live births	38.05 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	110 per 1,000 live births	120.54 per 1,000 live births	10.54 per 1,000 live births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Chad or Somalia?: Somalia, at 106.4 per 1,000 live births against 103.2 per 1,000 live births in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Chad and Somalia?: 3.2 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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, under-5, male (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, under-5, male (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

Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.