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

18.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

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

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 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 Nigeria: Mortality rate, under-5

Chad

97.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

115.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

4th

Nigeria rank

1st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Chad
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 97.3 per 1,000 live births in Chad, a difference of 18.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Nigeria ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 1st of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	259.75 per 1,000 live births	344.33 per 1,000 live births	84.58 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
1970s	248.19 per 1,000 live births	259.06 per 1,000 live births	10.87 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
1980s	227.17 per 1,000 live births	208.22 per 1,000 live births	18.95 per 1,000 live births	Chad
1990s	198.72 per 1,000 live births	199.41 per 1,000 live births	0.69 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2000s	166.82 per 1,000 live births	150.54 per 1,000 live births	16.28 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2010s	130.37 per 1,000 live births	119.73 per 1,000 live births	10.64 per 1,000 live births	Chad
2020s	103.94 per 1,000 live births	116.98 per 1,000 live births	13.04 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Chad or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 115.6 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 Nigeria?: 18.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Chad and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Chad ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 1st 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.