Nigeria vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 10.9 per 100 live births, or 18 times that in United States.

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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 in every year both have figures for since 1962.
In 2024, Nigeria ranked 1 and United States ranked 146 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	Nigeria	United States	World
2024	11.6	0.7	3.7
2023	11.7	0.7	3.8
2022	11.8	0.7	4
2021	11.8	0.7	4
2020	11.7	0.7	3.9
2019	11.7	0.7	4
2018	11.7	0.7	4
2017	11.7	0.7	4.1
2016	11.7	0.7	4.2
2015	11.8	0.7	4.3
2014	11.9	0.7	4.4
2013	12	0.7	4.5
2012	12.2	0.7	4.7
2011	12.4	0.7	5
2010	12.6	0.7	5.1
2009	12.9	0.8	5.3
2008	13.3	0.8	5.5
2007	13.7	0.8	5.7
2006	14.1	0.8	6
2005	14.6	0.8	6.2
2004	15.1	0.8	6.6
2003	15.7	0.8	6.8
2002	16.4	0.8	7.1
2001	17.1	0.8	7.4
2000	17.7	0.8	7.7
1999	18.4	0.9	7.9
1998	18.9	0.9	8.3
1997	19.4	0.9	8.4
1996	19.8	0.9	8.6
1995	20.1	1	8.8
1994	20.3	1	8.9
1993	20.5	1	9.1
1992	20.6	1.1	9.2
1991	20.7	1.1	9.3
1990	20.8	1.1	9.4
1989	20.8	1.2	9.5
1988	20.8	1.2	10
1987	20.8	1.2	9.9
1986	20.8	1.2	10.3
1985	20.7	1.3	10.6
1984	20.7	1.3	10.9
1983	20.7	1.3	11.1
1982	20.8	1.4	11.2
1981	21	1.4	11.6
1980	21.3	1.5	11.9
1979	21.7	1.6	11.9
1978	22.3	1.6	12.3
1977	22.9	1.7	12.6
1976	23.6	1.8	12.8
1975	24.3	1.9	13.1
1974	25.2	2	13.3
1973	26	2.1	13.5
1972	26.8	2.2	13.7
1971	27.6	2.2	13.9
1970	38.7	2.3	14.2
1969	39.7	2.4	14.6
1968	40.7	2.5	15
1967	30.5	2.6	15.3
1966	31.2	2.6	15.1
1965	31.9	2.7	15.1
1964	32.6	2.8	15.7
1963	31.1	2.8	16.2
1962	31.3	2.9	17
1961	–	3	18.8
1960	–	3	20.2
1959	–	3.1	19.9
1958	–	3.1	19.7
1957	–	3.2	20.5
1956	–	3.2	21.3
1955	–	3.3	22.3
1954	–	3.4	22.8
1953	–	3.5	23.3
1952	–	3.6	23.9
1951	–	3.7	24.3
1950	–	3.8	24.7
1949	–	3.9	24.9
1948	–	4	24.9
1947	–	4.3	25.5
1946	–	4.7	25.8
1945	–	4.8	26.7
1944	–	5	27.4
1943	–	5.4	27.7
1942	–	5.5	27.9
1941	–	6	27.8
1940	–	6.2	27.9
1939	–	6.3	28
1938	–	7	28.7
1937	–	7.4	28.8
1936	–	7.6	29.1
1935	–	7.5	29.5
1934	–	8	30.7
1933	–	7.3	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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