Chad vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Chad
97.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
96.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
South Sudan rank
5th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Chad
- South Sudan
How they compare
Chad currently reports 97.3 per 1,000 live births against 96.7 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Sudan ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 5th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 2 and South Sudan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262.21 per 1,000 live births | 374.84 per 1,000 live births | 112.63 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 248.19 per 1,000 live births | 313.95 per 1,000 live births | 65.76 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 227.17 per 1,000 live births | 337.43 per 1,000 live births | 110.26 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 198.72 per 1,000 live births | 289.06 per 1,000 live births | 90.34 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 166.82 per 1,000 live births | 143.91 per 1,000 live births | 22.91 per 1,000 live births | Chad |
| 2010s | 130.37 per 1,000 live births | 162.43 per 1,000 live births | 32.06 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 103.94 per 1,000 live births | 96.7 per 1,000 live births | 7.24 per 1,000 live births | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Chad or South Sudan?
- Chad, at 97.3 per 1,000 live births against 96.7 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Chad and South Sudan?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and South Sudan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chad and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Chad ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 5th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.