Mozambique vs Nigeria: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 5.6 per 100 live births, or 1.95 times that in Mozambique.

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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 1997, when it overtook Mozambique.
In 2024, Mozambique ranked 22 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	Mozambique	Nigeria	World
2024	5.9	11.6	3.7
2023	6.2	11.7	3.8
2022	6.4	11.8	4
2021	6.6	11.8	4
2020	6.8	11.7	3.9
2019	6.9	11.7	4
2018	7	11.7	4
2017	7.2	11.7	4.1
2016	7.3	11.7	4.2
2015	7.6	11.8	4.3
2014	8	11.9	4.4
2013	8.3	12	4.5
2012	8.7	12.2	4.7
2011	9.1	12.4	5
2010	9.6	12.6	5.1
2009	9.8	12.9	5.3
2008	10.4	13.3	5.5
2007	11.1	13.7	5.7
2006	11.9	14.1	6
2005	12.6	14.6	6.2
2004	13.3	15.1	6.6
2003	14	15.7	6.8
2002	14.8	16.4	7.1
2001	15.6	17.1	7.4
2000	16.5	17.7	7.7
1999	17.4	18.4	7.9
1998	18.4	18.9	8.3
1997	19.4	19.4	8.4
1996	20.3	19.8	8.6
1995	21.1	20.1	8.8
1994	21.7	20.3	8.9
1993	22.3	20.5	9.1
1992	22.8	20.6	9.2
1991	23.2	20.7	9.3
1990	23.5	20.8	9.4
1989	23.8	20.8	9.5
1988	24.1	20.8	10
1987	24.4	20.8	9.9
1986	24.8	20.8	10.3
1985	25.1	20.7	10.6
1984	25.5	20.7	10.9
1983	25.8	20.7	11.1
1982	26	20.8	11.2
1981	30.9	21	11.6
1980	26.2	21.3	11.9
1979	26.3	21.7	11.9
1978	26.4	22.3	12.3
1977	26.5	22.9	12.6
1976	26.6	23.6	12.8
1975	26.7	24.3	13.1
1974	26.9	25.2	13.3
1973	27	26	13.5
1972	27.2	26.8	13.7
1971	27.3	27.6	13.9
1970	27.3	38.7	14.2
1969	27.4	39.7	14.6
1968	27.4	40.7	15
1967	27.4	30.5	15.3
1966	27.3	31.2	15.1
1965	27.2	31.9	15.1
1964	27.1	32.6	15.7
1963	27	31.1	16.2
1962	28	31.3	17
1961	–	–	18.8
1960	–	–	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

Each country on its own

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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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