Statizoid

Niger vs Nigeria: Mortality rate, under-5

Niger
110.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nigeria
115.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Niger rank
2nd
Nigeria rank
1st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Niger
  • Nigeria
100200300400196419942024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 110.7 per 1,000 live births in Niger, a difference of 4.9 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.