Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Number of child deaths per woman
Chad
0.5028 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo
0.4771 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
5th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of Congo
How they compare
Chad currently reports 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman against 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th of 200 countries.
Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Democratic Republic of Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.67 under-five deaths per woman | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0241 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 1970s | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 1.46 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2309 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 1980s | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3174 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 1990s | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2072 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2000s | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9504 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2423 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2010s | 0.8781 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6071 under-five deaths per woman | 0.271 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2020s | 0.5923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.526 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0663 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Chad or Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Chad, at 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman against 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Chad ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).