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Mortality in Chad, by the numbers

Chad sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 55.3 years of life, 211th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Chad, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
55.3 yrs
211th of 212
Maternal mortality
748 /100k
2nd highest of 191
Population aged 65+
2.1 %
4th lowest of 212

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Chad ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 55.3 yrs 211 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 14.1 /1,000 14 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 11.1 /1,000 26 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.5 yrs 159 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 70.2 /1,000 87 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.8 yrs 165 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 83.5 men/100 women 132 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 56.3 /1,000 9 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 748 /100k 2 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 23.4 % 45 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 5.2 /100k 116 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 32.4 /100k 14 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 9.8 % 100 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.9 L 117 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.1 % 209 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $47 174 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $962 199 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Chad's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd highest maternal mortality in the world (748 /100k) and the 4th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.1 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Chad; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.