Chad vs Nigeria: Number of child deaths per woman
Chad
0.5028 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Nigeria
0.5759 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Nigeria rank
2nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Chad
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad, a difference of 0.0731 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Nigeria ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.66 under-five deaths per woman | 2.15 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4877 under-five deaths per woman | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | 0.043 under-five deaths per woman | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1.6 under-five deaths per woman | 1.39 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2103 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 1990s | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1951 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2000s | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9179 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2748 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2010s | 0.8781 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6792 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1989 under-five deaths per woman | Chad |
| 2020s | 0.5923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.601 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0088 under-five deaths per woman | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Chad or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.5759 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 Nigeria?
- 0.0731 under-five deaths per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Nigeria rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Chad ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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).