Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Nigeria

Infant mortality rate in Nigeria in 2024 — 69.8 per 1,000. Ranked 195 in the world out of 196. Since 1964, the indicator has fallen by 59.3%.

2024 69.8 per 1,000 −0.43% vs 2023
World rank 195of 196
Period maximum 217.9 per 1,0001968
Period minimum 68 per 1,0002015

Trend over time

1964–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Nigeria, 1964–20240100200300196419701976198219881994200020062012201820241964: 171.7 per 1,0001966: 163.5 per 1,0001968: 217.9 per 1,0001970: 206.6 per 1,0001972: 137.7 per 1,0001974: 128.3 per 1,0001976: 119.3 per 1,0001978: 111.9 per 1,0001980: 106.5 per 1,0001982: 103.5 per 1,0001984: 102.8 per 1,0001986: 103.4 per 1,0001988: 104.2 per 1,0001990: 104.7 per 1,0001992: 104.7 per 1,0001994: 104.6 per 1,0001996: 103.4 per 1,0001998: 100.2 per 1,0002000: 94.9 per 1,0002002: 88.6 per 1,0002004: 82.7 per 1,0002006: 77.7 per 1,0002008: 73.8 per 1,0002010: 71.1 per 1,0002012: 69.1 per 1,0002014: 68.1 per 1,0002016: 68.1 per 1,0002018: 68.7 per 1,0002020: 69.5 per 1,0002022: 70.2 per 1,0002024: 69.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −101.9 (−59.35%) Average annual rate: -1.49 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 69.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 69.8 −0.3 −0.43%
2023 70.1 −0.1 −0.14%
2022 70.2 +0.3 +0.43%
2021 69.9 +0.4 +0.58%
2020 69.5 +0.4 +0.58%
2019 69.1 +0.4 +0.58%
2018 68.7 +0.4 +0.59%
2017 68.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2016 68.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2015 68 −0.1 −0.15%
2014 68.1 −0.4 −0.58%
2013 68.5 −0.6 −0.87%
2012 69.1 −0.9 −1.29%
2011 70 −1.1 −1.55%
2010 71.1 −1.2 −1.66%
2009 72.3 −1.5 −2.03%
2008 73.8 −1.8 −2.38%
2007 75.6 −2.1 −2.7%
2006 77.7 −2.3 −2.88%
2005 80 −2.7 −3.26%
2004 82.7 −2.9 −3.39%
2003 85.6 −3 −3.39%
2002 88.6 −3.2 −3.49%
2001 91.8 −3.1 −3.27%
2000 94.9 −2.8 −2.87%
1999 97.7 −2.5 −2.5%
1998 100.2 −1.9 −1.86%
1997 102.1 −1.3 −1.26%
1996 103.4 −0.8 −0.77%
1995 104.2 −0.4 −0.38%
1994 104.6 −0.1 −0.1%
1993 104.7 +0 +0%
1992 104.7 +0 +0%
1991 104.7 +0 +0%
1990 104.7 +0.3 +0.29%
1989 104.4 +0.2 +0.19%
1988 104.2 +0.4 +0.39%
1987 103.8 +0.4 +0.39%
1986 103.4 +0.4 +0.39%
1985 103 +0.2 +0.19%
1984 102.8 −0.1 −0.1%
1983 102.9 −0.6 −0.58%
1982 103.5 −1.2 −1.15%
1981 104.7 −1.8 −1.69%
1980 106.5 −2.4 −2.2%
1979 108.9 −3 −2.68%
1978 111.9 −3.5 −3.03%
1977 115.4 −3.9 −3.27%
1976 119.3 −4.3 −3.48%
1975 123.6 −4.7 −3.66%
1974 128.3 −4.6 −3.46%
1973 132.9 −4.8 −3.49%
1972 137.7 −4.8 −3.37%
1971 142.5 −64.1 −31.03%
1970 206.6 −5.7 −2.68%
1969 212.3 −5.6 −2.57%
1968 217.9 +58.4 +36.61%
1967 159.5 −4 −2.45%
1966 163.5 −4.1 −2.45%
1965 167.6 −4.1 −2.39%
1964 171.7

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.