What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Chad and Nigeria?

1.96 deaths per 100 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

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

39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Nigeria: Youth mortality rate

Chad

11.56 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

13.52 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

5th

Nigeria rank

2nd

Youth mortality rate over time

Chad
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 13.52 deaths per 100 live births against 11.56 deaths per 100 live births in Chad, a difference of 1.96 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1980s	26.39 deaths per 100 live births	24.18 deaths per 100 live births	2.21 deaths per 100 live births	Chad
1990s	23.33 deaths per 100 live births	22.68 deaths per 100 live births	0.6473 deaths per 100 live births	Chad
2000s	19.48 deaths per 100 live births	17.39 deaths per 100 live births	2.09 deaths per 100 live births	Chad
2010s	15.31 deaths per 100 live births	14.01 deaths per 100 live births	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	Chad
2020s	12.31 deaths per 100 live births	13.67 deaths per 100 live births	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Chad or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 13.52 deaths per 100 live births against 11.56 deaths per 100 live births in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Chad and Nigeria?: 1.96 deaths per 100 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
How do Chad and Nigeria rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Chad ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.