Chad vs Nigeria: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 9.7 per 100 live births in Chad and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 1.8 per 100 live births, or 1.19 times that in Chad.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Chad.
In 2024, Chad ranked 4 and Nigeria ranked 1 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Chad	Nigeria	World
2024	9.7	11.6	3.7
2023	10.1	11.7	3.8
2022	10.4	11.8	4
2021	10.7	11.8	4
2020	11.1	11.7	3.9
2019	11.4	11.7	4
2018	11.8	11.7	4
2017	12.1	11.7	4.1
2016	12.5	11.7	4.2
2015	12.9	11.8	4.3
2014	13.2	11.9	4.4
2013	13.6	12	4.5
2012	13.9	12.2	4.7
2011	14.3	12.4	5
2010	14.7	12.6	5.1
2009	15.1	12.9	5.3
2008	15.4	13.3	5.5
2007	15.8	13.7	5.7
2006	16.2	14.1	6
2005	16.5	14.6	6.2
2004	16.9	15.1	6.6
2003	17.2	15.7	6.8
2002	17.6	16.4	7.1
2001	17.9	17.1	7.4
2000	18.2	17.7	7.7
1999	18.6	18.4	7.9
1998	18.9	18.9	8.3
1997	19.2	19.4	8.4
1996	19.5	19.8	8.6
1995	19.8	20.1	8.8
1994	20	20.3	8.9
1993	20.3	20.5	9.1
1992	20.6	20.6	9.2
1991	20.8	20.7	9.3
1990	21.1	20.8	9.4
1989	21.4	20.8	9.5
1988	21.7	20.8	10
1987	22	20.8	9.9
1986	22.3	20.8	10.3
1985	22.6	20.7	10.6
1984	22.9	20.7	10.9
1983	23.2	20.7	11.1
1982	23.4	20.8	11.2
1981	23.7	21	11.6
1980	23.9	21.3	11.9
1979	24.1	21.7	11.9
1978	24.3	22.3	12.3
1977	24.4	22.9	12.6
1976	24.6	23.6	12.8
1975	24.8	24.3	13.1
1974	24.9	25.2	13.3
1973	25.1	26	13.5
1972	25.2	26.8	13.7
1971	25.4	27.6	13.9
1970	25.5	38.7	14.2
1969	25.6	39.7	14.6
1968	25.8	40.7	15
1967	25.9	30.5	15.3
1966	26.1	31.2	15.1
1965	26.2	31.9	15.1
1964	26.3	32.6	15.7
1963	26.4	31.1	16.2
1962	26.5	31.3	17
1961	26.7	–	18.8
1960	26.8	–	20.2
1959	26.9	–	19.9
1958	27	–	19.7
1957	27.1	–	20.5
1956	27.2	–	21.3
1955	27.3	–	22.3
1954	27.4	–	22.8
1953	27.5	–	23.3
1952	27.6	–	23.9
1951	27.7	–	24.3
1950	27.9	–	24.7
1949	28	–	24.9
1948	28.1	–	24.9
1947	28.3	–	25.5
1946	28.4	–	25.8
1945	28.6	–	26.7
1944	28.7	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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