Nigeria vs Türkiye

Nigeria vs Türkiye: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.6 per 100 live births, or 12 times that in Türkiye.

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

Nigeria vs Türkiye: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.6 per 100 live births, or 12 times that in Türkiye.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
  • 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

YearNigeriaTürkiyeWorld
202411.613.7
202311.71.43.8
202211.814
202111.81.14
202011.71.13.9
201911.71.14
201811.71.24
201711.71.24.1
201611.71.34.2
201511.81.34.3
201411.91.44.4
2013121.54.5
201212.21.64.7
201112.41.75
201012.61.85.1
200912.91.95.3
200813.325.5
200713.72.25.7
200614.12.46
200514.62.56.2
200415.12.76.6
200315.736.8
200216.43.27.1
200117.13.57.4
200017.73.77.7
199918.447.9
199818.94.38.3
199719.44.68.4
199619.858.6
199520.15.38.8
199420.35.78.9
199320.56.19.1
199220.66.59.2
199120.76.99.3
199020.87.49.4
198920.87.89.5
198820.88.310
198720.88.89.9
198620.89.310.3
198520.79.810.6
198420.710.410.9
198320.71111.1
198220.811.611.2
19812112.211.6
198021.312.811.9
197921.713.411.9
197822.31412.3
197722.914.612.6
197623.615.212.8
197524.315.813.1
197425.216.413.3
1973261713.5
197226.817.513.7
197127.61813.9
197038.718.614.2
196939.719.114.6
196840.719.715
196730.520.215.3
196631.220.915.1
196531.921.515.1
196432.622.315.7
196331.123.116.2
196231.323.917
1961–24.718.8
1960–25.520.2
1959–26.219.9
1958–26.819.7
1957–27.320.5
1956–27.821.3
1955–28.222.3
1954–28.622.8
1953–2923.3
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.

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