Mali vs Nigeria: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 7.3 per 100 live births in Mali and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 4.3 per 100 live births, or 1.58 times that in Mali.

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

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Mali.
In 2024, Mali ranked 13 and Nigeria ranked 1 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	Mali	Nigeria	World
2024	7.3	11.6	3.7
2023	7.6	11.7	3.8
2022	8	11.8	4
2021	8.4	11.8	4
2020	8.8	11.7	3.9
2019	9.2	11.7	4
2018	9.6	11.7	4
2017	10.1	11.7	4.1
2016	10.5	11.7	4.2
2015	11	11.8	4.3
2014	11.4	11.9	4.4
2013	11.9	12	4.5
2012	12.4	12.2	4.7
2011	12.9	12.4	5
2010	13.4	12.6	5.1
2009	13.9	12.9	5.3
2008	14.4	13.3	5.5
2007	14.9	13.7	5.7
2006	15.5	14.1	6
2005	16	14.6	6.2
2004	16.6	15.1	6.6
2003	17.2	15.7	6.8
2002	17.8	16.4	7.1
2001	18.4	17.1	7.4
2000	19	17.7	7.7
1999	19.6	18.4	7.9
1998	20.1	18.9	8.3
1997	20.6	19.4	8.4
1996	21	19.8	8.6
1995	21.4	20.1	8.8
1994	21.7	20.3	8.9
1993	22.1	20.5	9.1
1992	22.5	20.6	9.2
1991	22.9	20.7	9.3
1990	23.3	20.8	9.4
1989	23.8	20.8	9.5
1988	24.4	20.8	10
1987	25	20.8	9.9
1986	25.7	20.8	10.3
1985	26.4	20.7	10.6
1984	27.2	20.7	10.9
1983	28	20.7	11.1
1982	28.8	20.8	11.2
1981	29.7	21	11.6
1980	30.5	21.3	11.9
1979	31.4	21.7	11.9
1978	32.3	22.3	12.3
1977	33.1	22.9	12.6
1976	34	23.6	12.8
1975	34.9	24.3	13.1
1974	35.7	25.2	13.3
1973	36.5	26	13.5
1972	37.2	26.8	13.7
1971	37.9	27.6	13.9
1970	38.5	38.7	14.2
1969	39.1	39.7	14.6
1968	39.8	40.7	15
1967	40.4	30.5	15.3
1966	41.1	31.2	15.1
1965	41.8	31.9	15.1
1964	42.5	32.6	15.7
1963	43.2	31.1	16.2
1962	47.2	31.3	17
1961	48.5	–	18.8
1960	49.8	–	20.2
1959	–	–	19.9
1958	–	–	19.7
1957	–	–	20.5
1956	–	–	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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