Nigeria

Child mortality in Nigeria

Child mortality in Nigeria: 31.3 per 100 live births in 1962 and 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
11.6 per 100 live births
Since 1962
−19.8 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
1 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 NigeriaChild mortality in Nigeria: 31.3 per 100 live births in 1962 and 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 40.7 per 100 live births in 1968, the lowest 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 40.7 per 100 live births in 1968, the lowest 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearNigeriaWorld
202411.63.7
202311.73.8
202211.84
202111.84
202011.73.9
201911.74
201811.74
201711.74.1
201611.74.2
201511.84.3
201411.94.4
2013124.5
201212.24.7
201112.45
201012.65.1
200912.95.3
200813.35.5
200713.75.7
200614.16
200514.66.2
200415.16.6
200315.76.8
200216.47.1
200117.17.4
200017.77.7
199918.47.9
199818.98.3
199719.48.4
199619.88.6
199520.18.8
199420.38.9
199320.59.1
199220.69.2
199120.79.3
199020.89.4
198920.89.5
198820.810
198720.89.9
198620.810.3
198520.710.6
198420.710.9
198320.711.1
198220.811.2
19812111.6
198021.311.9
197921.711.9
197822.312.3
197722.912.6
197623.612.8
197524.313.1
197425.213.3
19732613.5
197226.813.7
197127.613.9
197038.714.2
196939.714.6
196840.715
196730.515.3
196631.215.1
196531.915.1
196432.615.7
196331.116.2
196231.317
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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