Child mortality vs. health spending in Niger
Niger: Child mortality vs. health spending was 11.07 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality vs. health spending in Niger, 1967–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Niger recorded 11.07 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality vs. health spending in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Niger peaked at 34.46 deaths per 100 live births in 1974 and was at its lowest, 11.07 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Niger ranks 2nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.49 deaths per 100 live births | 32.11 deaths per 100 live births | 32.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3 |
| 1970s | 33.79 deaths per 100 live births | 32.76 deaths per 100 live births | 34.46 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 33.41 deaths per 100 live births | 32.45 deaths per 100 live births | 34.21 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.69 deaths per 100 live births | 23.75 deaths per 100 live births | 33.24 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 18 deaths per 100 live births | 14.03 deaths per 100 live births | 22.79 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.7 deaths per 100 live births | 12.08 deaths per 100 live births | 13.6 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.55 deaths per 100 live births | 11.07 deaths per 100 live births | 11.95 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Niger
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 423,756 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 425,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 439,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 417,693 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 7.01 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.91 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 431,792 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 409,736 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 393,646 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality vs. health spending in Niger?
- Child mortality vs. health spending in Niger was 11.07 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 34.46 deaths per 100 live births in 1974.
- What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.07 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Niger ranks 2nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .