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

13.4 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.

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

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Niger: Mortality rate, under-5

Chad

97.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger

110.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

4th

Niger rank

2nd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Chad
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 110.7 per 1,000 live births against 97.3 per 1,000 live births in Chad, a difference of 13.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Niger ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 2nd of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Niger in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1960s	257.73 per 1,000 live births	324.9 per 1,000 live births	67.17 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1970s	248.19 per 1,000 live births	337.93 per 1,000 live births	89.74 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1980s	227.17 per 1,000 live births	334.13 per 1,000 live births	106.96 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1990s	198.72 per 1,000 live births	286.9 per 1,000 live births	88.18 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2000s	166.82 per 1,000 live births	180.01 per 1,000 live births	13.19 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2010s	130.37 per 1,000 live births	126.96 per 1,000 live births	3.41 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2020s	103.94 per 1,000 live births	115.54 per 1,000 live births	11.6 per 1,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Chad or Niger?: Niger, at 110.7 per 1,000 live births against 97.3 per 1,000 live births in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Chad and Niger?: 13.4 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Niger?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Chad and Niger rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 2nd of 196 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 (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 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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