Mexico vs Nigeria: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Mexico and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.3 per 100 live births, or 8.82 times that in Mexico.

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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 in every year both have figures for since 1962.
In 2024, Mexico ranked 107 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	Mexico	Nigeria	World
2024	1.3	11.6	3.7
2023	1.3	11.7	3.8
2022	1.4	11.8	4
2021	1.4	11.8	4
2020	1.5	11.7	3.9
2019	1.5	11.7	4
2018	1.5	11.7	4
2017	1.6	11.7	4.1
2016	1.6	11.7	4.2
2015	1.7	11.8	4.3
2014	1.7	11.9	4.4
2013	1.8	12	4.5
2012	1.8	12.2	4.7
2011	1.8	12.4	5
2010	1.9	12.6	5.1
2009	2	12.9	5.3
2008	2	13.3	5.5
2007	2.1	13.7	5.7
2006	2.1	14.1	6
2005	2.2	14.6	6.2
2004	2.3	15.1	6.6
2003	2.4	15.7	6.8
2002	2.5	16.4	7.1
2001	2.6	17.1	7.4
2000	2.7	17.7	7.7
1999	2.9	18.4	7.9
1998	3	18.9	8.3
1997	3.2	19.4	8.4
1996	3.3	19.8	8.6
1995	3.5	20.1	8.8
1994	3.7	20.3	8.9
1993	3.9	20.5	9.1
1992	4.1	20.6	9.2
1991	4.3	20.7	9.3
1990	4.5	20.8	9.4
1989	4.7	20.8	9.5
1988	4.9	20.8	10
1987	5.2	20.8	9.9
1986	5.4	20.8	10.3
1985	5.7	20.7	10.6
1984	6	20.7	10.9
1983	6.2	20.7	11.1
1982	6.5	20.8	11.2
1981	6.9	21	11.6
1980	7.2	21.3	11.9
1979	7.5	21.7	11.9
1978	7.9	22.3	12.3
1977	8.2	22.9	12.6
1976	8.5	23.6	12.8
1975	8.9	24.3	13.1
1974	9.2	25.2	13.3
1973	9.6	26	13.5
1972	9.9	26.8	13.7
1971	10.3	27.6	13.9
1970	10.7	38.7	14.2
1969	11.1	39.7	14.6
1968	11.5	40.7	15
1967	11.9	30.5	15.3
1966	12.3	31.2	15.1
1965	12.7	31.9	15.1
1964	13.2	32.6	15.7
1963	13.7	31.1	16.2
1962	14.2	31.3	17
1961	14.8	–	18.8
1960	15.5	–	20.2
1959	16.2	–	19.9
1958	17	–	19.7
1957	17.8	–	20.5
1956	18.7	–	21.3
1955	19.7	–	22.3
1954	20.8	–	22.8
1953	21.9	–	23.3
1952	23.1	–	23.9
1951	24.3	–	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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