Nigeria vs Thailand

Nigeria vs Thailand: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.7 per 100 live births, or 13 times that in Thailand.

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

Nigeria vs Thailand: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.7 per 100 live births, or 13 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
  • In 2024, Nigeria ranked 1 and Thailand ranked 133 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

YearNigeriaThailandWorld
202411.60.93.7
202311.70.93.8
202211.814
202111.814
202011.713.9
201911.714
201811.71.14
201711.71.14.1
201611.71.24.2
201511.81.24.3
201411.91.24.4
2013121.34.5
201212.21.34.7
201112.41.45
201012.61.45.1
200912.91.55.3
200813.31.55.5
200713.71.65.7
200614.11.76
200514.61.76.2
200415.11.86.6
200315.71.96.8
200216.427.1
200117.12.17.4
200017.72.27.7
199918.42.37.9
199818.92.48.3
199719.42.58.4
199619.82.78.6
199520.12.88.8
199420.338.9
199320.53.19.1
199220.63.39.2
199120.73.59.3
199020.83.79.4
198920.83.99.5
198820.84.110
198720.84.39.9
198620.84.610.3
198520.74.810.6
198420.7510.9
198320.75.311.1
198220.85.511.2
1981215.811.6
198021.36.111.9
197921.76.411.9
197822.36.712.3
197722.9712.6
197623.67.412.8
197524.37.813.1
197425.28.213.3
1973268.613.5
197226.8913.7
197127.69.513.9
197038.71014.2
196939.710.514.6
196840.710.915
196730.511.415.3
196631.211.915.1
196531.912.315.1
196432.612.815.7
196331.113.316.2
196231.313.817
1961–14.318.8
1960–14.820.2
1959–15.319.9
1958–15.819.7
1957–16.320.5
1956–16.921.3
1955–17.522.3
1954–18.122.8
1953–18.723.3
1952–19.423.9
1951–2024.3
1950–20.724.7
1949–21.524.9
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.

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