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
0.511.5194419842024

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.

Globally, Chad ranks 4th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th of 200 countries.

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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).