Under-5 Mortality in Nigeria
Latest available observation · 2024
115.6 deaths per 1,000 live births
deaths per 1,000 live births
Data nature: modelled
Among 192 countries with comparable values, Nigeria ranks 1.
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What the data says
Nigeria's latest available under-5 mortality value is 115.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, reported for 2024.
Among 192 countries with comparable values, Nigeria ranks 1.
This rank describes the available comparable sample and is not a complete ranking of every country.
The comparable-sample median is 15.15 deaths per 1,000 live births.
This value is classified as modelled data.
Higher modelled under-five mortality.
Source & how to read it
Read the full definition, source notes, and methodology for Under-5 Mortality.
- Source
- World Bank World Development Indicators
- Original producer
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Unit
- deaths per 1,000 live births
- Period
- 2024
- Data nature
- modelled
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