Chad vs Niger: Number of child deaths per woman
Chad
0.5028 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Niger
0.7429 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Niger rank
1st
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Chad
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad, a difference of 0.2401 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.5 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Niger ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 1st of 200 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.66 under-five deaths per woman | 2.44 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7774 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 1970s | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 2.56 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8669 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 1980s | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | 2.63 under-five deaths per woman | 1.03 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 1990s | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | 2.23 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7853 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 2000s | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1807 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.8781 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9197 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0416 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.5923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7875 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1953 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Chad or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Chad and Niger?
- 0.2401 under-five deaths per woman, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Niger?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Niger rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Chad ranks 4th and Niger ranks 1st 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
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).