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Under-five mortality rate (DHS, per 1,000 live births)

110 per 1,000 births Nigeria, 2024

Down 16.7% from 132 per 1,000 births in 2018.

Survey estimateEach survey round95% CI 103 per 1,000 births to 117 per 1,000 birthsSDG 3.2.1

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission · Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) · CM_ECMR_C_U5M · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · DHS-TERMS, no commercial reuse without permission

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By state

2024 · darker means higher
Abia: 69 per 1,000 birthsAdamawa: 144 per 1,000 birthsAkwa Ibom: 80 per 1,000 birthsAnambra: 72 per 1,000 birthsBauchi: 125 per 1,000 birthsBenue: 53 per 1,000 birthsBorno: 86 per 1,000 birthsBayelsa: 73 per 1,000 birthsCross River: 60 per 1,000 birthsDelta: 33 per 1,000 birthsEbonyi: 68 per 1,000 birthsEdo: 19 per 1,000 birthsEkiti: 44 per 1,000 birthsEnugu: 49 per 1,000 birthsFCT, Abuja: 60 per 1,000 birthsGombe: 157 per 1,000 birthsImo: 85 per 1,000 birthsJigawa: 161 per 1,000 birthsKaduna: 153 per 1,000 birthsKebbi: 159 per 1,000 birthsKano: 158 per 1,000 birthsKogi: 78 per 1,000 birthsKatsina: 105 per 1,000 birthsKwara: 14 per 1,000 birthsLagos: 46 per 1,000 birthsNasarawa: 106 per 1,000 birthsNiger: 49 per 1,000 birthsOgun: 60 per 1,000 birthsOndo: 15 per 1,000 birthsOsun: 55 per 1,000 birthsOyo: 23 per 1,000 birthsPlateau: 98 per 1,000 birthsRivers: 54 per 1,000 birthsSokoto: 109 per 1,000 birthsTaraba: 126 per 1,000 birthsYobe: 145 per 1,000 birthsZamfara: 119 per 1,000 births
14–4949–6060–8686–126126–161
  1. 1Jigawa161
  2. 2Kebbi159
  3. 3Kano158
  4. 4Gombe157
  5. 5Kaduna153
  6. 6Yobe145
  7. 7Adamawa144
  8. 8Taraba126
  9. 9Bauchi125
  10. 10Zamfara119
  11. 11Sokoto109
  12. 12Nasarawa106
  13. 13Katsina105
  14. 14Plateau98
  15. 15Borno86
  16. 16Imo85
  17. 17Akwa Ibom80
  18. 18Kogi78
  19. 19Bayelsa73
  20. 20Anambra72
  21. 21Abia69
  22. 22Ebonyi68
  23. 23FCT, Abuja60
  24. 24Ogun60
  25. 25Cross River60
  26. 26Osun55
  27. 27Rivers54
  28. 28Benue53
  29. 29Niger49
  30. 30Enugu49
  31. 31Lagos46
  32. 32Ekiti44
  33. 33Delta33
  34. 34Oyo23
  35. 35Edo19
  36. 36Ondo15
  37. 37Kwara14

Black line: Nigeria overall, 110 per 1,000 births.

Who is behind the national figure

2024 · black line: Nigeria overall
Urban or rural
Urban
75
Rural
132
Wealth group
Poorest fifth
140
Second fifth
136
Middle fifth
93
Fourth fifth
70
Richest fifth
49
Education level
No education
130
Primary
108
Secondary
76
More than secondary
43
Sex
Women and girls
107
Men and boys
113

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS), version 3. Survey estimates have margins of error; groups whose bars are close may not differ. Download breakdowns (CSV)

How we know

Definition
Deaths of children before their fifth birthday per 1,000 live births, for the ten years before the survey.
Type of figure
Survey estimate. Estimated from a household survey, so it has a margin of error. Where the survey publishes one, the 95% confidence interval is shown.
Updated
Each survey round
SDG target
3.2.1
Source
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (DHS:CM_ECMR_C_U5M)
Licence
DHS-TERMS
Version
Dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026
Cite this
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API), indicator DHS:CM_ECMR_C_U5M. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: DHS-TERMS.

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All years

YearValue
2024110 per 1,000 births
2018132 per 1,000 births
2013128 per 1,000 births
2008157 per 1,000 births
2003201 per 1,000 births
1990193 per 1,000 births