Niger vs Uganda
Niger vs Uganda: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 11.1 per 100 live births in Niger and 4.9 per 100 live births in Uganda, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 6.2 per 100 live births, or 2.27 times that in Uganda.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
- In 2024, Niger ranked 2 and Uganda ranked 31 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 | Niger | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 11.6 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 12 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 12.4 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 12.7 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 12.8 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 13.3 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 13.6 | 7.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8.1 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 14.6 | 8.6 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 15.3 | 9.3 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 17.1 | 10.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 18.2 | 11.4 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 19.4 | 12.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 20.6 | 13 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 21.7 | 13.7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 22.8 | 14.4 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 23.8 | 15 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 24.7 | 15.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 25.8 | 15.8 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 26.9 | 16 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 28.2 | 16.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 29.4 | 16.6 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 30.6 | 16.9 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 31.7 | 17.3 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 32.5 | 17.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 33.2 | 18.2 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 33.8 | 18.6 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 34.1 | 18.9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 34.2 | 19.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 34.1 | 19.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 33.9 | 19.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 33.5 | 20.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 33 | 21 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 32.7 | 21.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 32.5 | 21.9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 32.5 | 22.1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 32.8 | 21.9 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 33.2 | 21.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 33.7 | 21.3 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 34.1 | 20.9 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 34.4 | 20.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 34.5 | 20 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 34.4 | 19.7 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 34.1 | 19.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 33.7 | 19.4 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 33.3 | 19.5 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 32.9 | 19.6 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 32.5 | 19.8 | 15 |
| 1967 | 32.1 | 20.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 20.4 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 20.7 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 21 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 21.2 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 21.5 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 21.9 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | 22.3 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 22.7 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 23.1 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 23.5 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 24 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 24.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 24.9 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 25.4 | 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
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Niger vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancyNiger: 61.2 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityNiger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNiger: 3.46% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateNiger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNiger: 26.2 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthNiger: 3.31% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNiger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNiger: 18.4% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageNiger: 15.3 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNiger: 2.6% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateNiger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNiger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNiger: $450M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personNiger: $18 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNiger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNiger: 10,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerNiger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNiger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNiger: 4 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNiger: 0 TIV in 1973Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016