Neonatal mortality rate in Chad
Chad: Neonatal mortality rate was 3.04 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Chad, 1973–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Chad recorded 3.04 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 52 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Chad peaked at 6.2 deaths per 100 live births in 1973 and was at its lowest, 3.04 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Chad 11th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.16 deaths per 100 live births | 6.07 deaths per 100 live births | 6.2 deaths per 100 live births | 7 |
| 1980s | 5.66 deaths per 100 live births | 5.27 deaths per 100 live births | 6 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.82 deaths per 100 live births | 4.47 deaths per 100 live births | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | 4.37 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.56 deaths per 100 live births | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 3.76 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 8 Niger 3.28 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 9 Guinea-Bissau 3.2 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 10 Dominica 3.11 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 12 Central African Republic 2.99 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 13 Guinea 2.98 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 14 Lesotho 2.85 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Chad
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,071 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 41,435 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 33 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 33 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 173,746 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 172,562 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 178,917 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 177,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 183,288 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 181,223 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate in Chad?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Chad was 3.04 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2 deaths per 100 live births in 1973.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.04 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Chad rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Chad ranks 11th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .