Niger vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 11.1 per 100 live births in Niger and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 6.2 per 100 live births, or 2.29 times that in Zambia.

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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.
In 2024, Niger ranked 2 and Zambia ranked 32 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	Zambia	World
2024	11.1	4.8	3.7
2023	11.4	4.9	3.8
2022	11.6	5	4
2021	11.8	5	4
2020	12	5.3	3.9
2019	12.1	5.4	4
2018	12.2	5.5	4
2017	12.3	5.5	4.1
2016	12.4	5.7	4.2
2015	12.5	6	4.3
2014	12.7	6.3	4.4
2013	12.8	6.6	4.5
2012	13	6.9	4.7
2011	13.3	7.2	5
2010	13.6	7.4	5.1
2009	14	7.8	5.3
2008	14.6	8.4	5.5
2007	15.3	8.9	5.7
2006	16.2	9.5	6
2005	17.1	10.3	6.2
2004	18.2	11.2	6.6
2003	19.4	12.2	6.8
2002	20.6	13.3	7.1
2001	21.7	14.3	7.4
2000	22.8	15.2	7.7
1999	23.8	15.8	7.9
1998	24.7	16.3	8.3
1997	25.8	16.6	8.4
1996	26.9	16.9	8.6
1995	28.2	17.2	8.8
1994	29.4	17.6	8.9
1993	30.6	17.9	9.1
1992	31.7	18	9.2
1991	32.5	18.1	9.3
1990	33.2	18.1	9.4
1989	33.8	17.9	9.5
1988	34.1	17.7	10
1987	34.2	17.4	9.9
1986	34.1	17	10.3
1985	33.9	16.6	10.6
1984	33.5	16.2	10.9
1983	33	15.9	11.1
1982	32.7	15.7	11.2
1981	32.5	15.6	11.6
1980	32.5	15.5	11.9
1979	32.8	15.4	11.9
1978	33.2	15.4	12.3
1977	33.7	15.4	12.6
1976	34.1	15.4	12.8
1975	34.4	15.6	13.1
1974	34.5	16	13.3
1973	34.4	16.5	13.5
1972	34.1	17	13.7
1971	33.7	17.5	13.9
1970	33.3	18	14.2
1969	32.9	18.4	14.6
1968	32.5	18.6	15
1967	32.1	18.8	15.3
1966	–	18.9	15.1
1965	–	19	15.1
1964	–	19.2	15.7
1963	–	19.5	16.2
1962	–	19.8	17
1961	–	20.1	18.8
1960	–	20.5	20.2
1959	–	20.9	19.9
1958	–	21.3	19.7
1957	–	21.7	20.5
1956	–	22.1	21.3
1955	–	22.5	22.3
1954	–	22.9	22.8
1953	–	23.4	23.3
1952	–	23.8	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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