Niger

Child mortality in Niger

Child mortality in Niger: 32.1 per 100 live births in 1967 and 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
11.1 per 100 live births
Since 1967
−21 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
2 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in NigerChild mortality in Niger: 32.1 per 100 live births in 1967 and 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 34.5 per 100 live births in 1974, the lowest 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 34.5 per 100 live births in 1974, the lowest 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearNigerWorld
202411.13.7
202311.43.8
202211.64
202111.84
2020123.9
201912.14
201812.24
201712.34.1
201612.44.2
201512.54.3
201412.74.4
201312.84.5
2012134.7
201113.35
201013.65.1
2009145.3
200814.65.5
200715.35.7
200616.26
200517.16.2
200418.26.6
200319.46.8
200220.67.1
200121.77.4
200022.87.7
199923.87.9
199824.78.3
199725.88.4
199626.98.6
199528.28.8
199429.48.9
199330.69.1
199231.79.2
199132.59.3
199033.29.4
198933.89.5
198834.110
198734.29.9
198634.110.3
198533.910.6
198433.510.9
19833311.1
198232.711.2
198132.511.6
198032.511.9
197932.811.9
197833.212.3
197733.712.6
197634.112.8
197534.413.1
197434.513.3
197334.413.5
197234.113.7
197133.713.9
197033.314.2
196932.914.6
196832.515
196732.115.3
1966–15.1
1965–15.1
1964–15.7
1963–16.2
1962–17
1961–18.8
1960–20.2
1959–19.9
1958–19.7
1957–20.5
1956–21.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
1953–23.3
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

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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