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Under-five mortality rate in Nigeria

The under-five mortality rate in Nigeria was 115.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1964.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1964 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2024 115.6 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 116.8 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 1st of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Nigeria over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period NigeriaWorld
2024 115.6 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 116.8 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 117.5 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 117.6 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 117.4 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 117.4 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 117.2 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 117.2 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 117.4 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 117.8 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 118.7 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 119.9 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 121.6 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 123.8 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 126.3 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 129.2 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 132.5 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 136.5 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 140.9 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 145.8 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 151.4 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 157.4 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 163.9 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 170.5 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 177.3 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 from 116.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 118.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −3.1.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Nigeria

All statistics for Nigeria
Infant mortality rate 69.8 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 993 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 54.5 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 12.1 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 54.1 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 47 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1964 to 2024 for Nigeria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)