Chad vs Somalia: Number of child deaths per woman

Chad
0.5028 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Somalia
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Somalia rank
3rd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Chad
  • Somalia
0.511.522.53194419842024

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman in Chad, a difference of 0.0561 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 200 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Somalia Difference Ahead
1980s 1.59 under-five deaths per woman 1.42 under-five deaths per woman 0.167 under-five deaths per woman Chad
1990s 1.45 under-five deaths per woman 1.76 under-five deaths per woman 0.3122 under-five deaths per woman Somalia
2000s 1.19 under-five deaths per woman 1.28 under-five deaths per woman 0.09 under-five deaths per woman Somalia
2010s 0.8781 under-five deaths per woman 1.19 under-five deaths per woman 0.3116 under-five deaths per woman Somalia
2020s 0.5923 under-five deaths per woman 0.6797 under-five deaths per woman 0.0875 under-five deaths per woman Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Chad or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.5589 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 Somalia?
0.0561 under-five deaths per woman, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Chad ranks 4th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).