Health in Chad

865 indicators covering health for Chad.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Deaths by age group 79,068 deaths 2023 down 7.6% 16th
Life expectancy at birth, by sex 57.01 years 2023 up 9.5% 235th
Prevalence of undernourishment 32.0% 2023 up 34.5% 10th
Number of maternal deaths 6,123 Deaths 2023 down 22.5% 9th
Maternal mortality ratio 747.54 Deaths per 100 000 live births 2023 down 38.5% 2nd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 65.0% 2024 up 132.1% 93rd
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 84.0% 2023 up 13.5% 96th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 40.7% 2019 down 1.5% 70th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 35.1% 2019 down 7.4% 121st
Prevalence of hypertension 37.9% 2019 down 4.5% 98th
Treatment for hypertension, female 27.9% 2019 up 46.1% 162nd
Treatment for hypertension, male 20.3% 2019 up 57.4% 158th
Treatment for hypertension 24.5% 2019 up 51.2% 162nd
Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese 14.2% 2014 down 10.7% 16th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita 0.1047 deaths per 100,000 people 2025 62nd
Number of youth deaths 90,623 deaths 2024 down 4.7% 13th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 11,110 2024 up 19.2% 21st
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 3,184 2024 down 6.4% 18th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 3,392 2024 down 5.8% 20th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 2,489 2024 up 23.2% 15th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 2,600 2024 up 24.8% 19th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 5,222 2024 up 14.6% 17th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 5,888 2024 up 23.5% 24th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 2,733 2024 up 7.9% 19th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 3,288 2024 up 22.5% 28th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 2,771 2024 up 25.5% 26th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 3,892 2024 up 46.7% 31st
Deaths from terrorism, by target 0 deaths 2021 2nd
Deaths from suicide and other terrorist attacks 42 deaths 2021 22nd
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 2 attacks 2021 56th
Deaths from terrorist attacks, by method of attack 0 deaths 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0.2445 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 17th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 deaths 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths 42 deaths 2021 22nd
Share of deaths from terrorism 0.0% 2021 20th
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.9% 2024 down 40.0% 41st
Number of people who are undernourished 6.20 million 2023 up 87.9% 25th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 32.0% 2024 up 22.6% 93rd
External health expenditure channeled through government 50.0% 2023 up 73.4% 62nd
Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age group 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and endocarditis 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.2% 43rd
Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases 23.4% 2021 down 7.5% 46th
Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender 23.9% 2021 down 12.5% 65th
Healthy life expectancy 51.52 Years 2021 up 5.4% 176th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.0% 2021 down 1.7% 32nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.9% 2021 down 12.5% 65th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.4% 2021 down 7.5% 46th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.17 per 100,000 population 2021 down 18.8% 41st
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 17.2% 47th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.57 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 19.1% 36th
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.03 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 4.1% 109th
Suicide mortality rate, male 7.37 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.5% 124th
Suicide mortality rate 5.21 per 100,000 population 2021 down 4.9% 119th
Nurses and midwives 0.167 per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.6% 188th
What share of the population living with HIV are women? 63.0% 2024 up 5.2% 30th
Prevalence rate of diabetes in adults 7 2014 up 32.1% 140th
Child mortality rate 11.3% 2019 down 25.7% 3rd
Neonatal mortality rate 3.2% 2019 down 13.4% 7th
Number of neonatal deaths 25,406 deaths 2019 up 18.8% 22nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 0.92 2020 down 25.8% 123rd