Libya vs Niger: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1 per 100 live births in Libya and 11.1 per 100 live births in Niger, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 10.1 per 100 live births, or 11 times that in Libya.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Niger has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Libya	Niger	World
2024	1	11.1	3.7
2023	3.2	11.4	3.8
2022	1	11.6	4
2021	1.1	11.8	4
2020	1.1	12	3.9
2019	1.2	12.1	4
2018	1.2	12.2	4
2017	1.2	12.3	4.1
2016	1.3	12.4	4.2
2015	1.3	12.5	4.3
2014	1.4	12.7	4.4
2013	1.4	12.8	4.5
2012	1.5	13	4.7
2011	2	13.3	5
2010	1.7	13.6	5.1
2009	1.8	14	5.3
2008	1.9	14.6	5.5
2007	2	15.3	5.7
2006	2.2	16.2	6
2005	2.3	17.1	6.2
2004	2.4	18.2	6.6
2003	2.6	19.4	6.8
2002	2.7	20.6	7.1
2001	2.7	21.7	7.4
2000	2.8	22.8	7.7
1999	2.9	23.8	7.9
1998	3	24.7	8.3
1997	3.1	25.8	8.4
1996	3.2	26.9	8.6
1995	3.3	28.2	8.8
1994	3.5	29.4	8.9
1993	3.6	30.6	9.1
1992	3.8	31.7	9.2
1991	4	32.5	9.3
1990	4.2	33.2	9.4
1989	4.5	33.8	9.5
1988	4.7	34.1	10
1987	5	34.2	9.9
1986	5.2	34.1	10.3
1985	5.5	33.9	10.6
1984	5.8	33.5	10.9
1983	6.1	33	11.1
1982	6.5	32.7	11.2
1981	6.8	32.5	11.6
1980	7.2	32.5	11.9
1979	7.6	32.8	11.9
1978	8	33.2	12.3
1977	8.5	33.7	12.6
1976	9	34.1	12.8
1975	9.6	34.4	13.1
1974	10.2	34.5	13.3
1973	11	34.4	13.5
1972	11.8	34.1	13.7
1971	12.7	33.7	13.9
1970	13.7	33.3	14.2
1969	14.7	32.9	14.6
1968	15.9	32.5	15
1967	17.1	32.1	15.3
1966	18.4	–	15.1
1965	19.8	–	15.1
1964	21.2	–	15.7
1963	22.7	–	16.2
1962	24.3	–	17
1961	25.9	–	18.8
1960	27.7	–	20.2
1959	29.5	–	19.9
1958	31.5	–	19.7
1957	33.6	–	20.5
1956	35.9	–	21.3
1955	–	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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