Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
39.0 per 1,000 births Nigeria, 2024
Down 0.5% from 39.2 per 1,000 births in 2023.
Modelled estimateYearlySDG 3.2.2
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.DYN.NMRT · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
- Type of figure
- Modelled estimate. Produced by a statistical model that combines surveys and other data, often to fill years without a survey. It is not a direct measurement.
- Updated
- Yearly
- SDG target
- 3.2.2
- Compiled from
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB); United Nations (UN)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.NMRT)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DYN.NMRT. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.0 per 1,000 births |
| 2023 | 39.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2022 | 39.3 per 1,000 births |
| 2021 | 39.3 per 1,000 births |
| 2020 | 39.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2019 | 39.0 per 1,000 births |
| 2018 | 38.7 per 1,000 births |
| 2017 | 38.5 per 1,000 births |
| 2016 | 38.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2015 | 38.0 per 1,000 births |
| 2014 | 37.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2013 | 37.7 per 1,000 births |
| 2012 | 37.6 per 1,000 births |
| 2011 | 37.7 per 1,000 births |
| 2010 | 37.9 per 1,000 births |
| 2009 | 38.1 per 1,000 births |
| 2008 | 38.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2007 | 38.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2006 | 39.3 per 1,000 births |
| 2005 | 40.0 per 1,000 births |
| 2004 | 40.9 per 1,000 births |
| 2003 | 42.1 per 1,000 births |
| 2002 | 43.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2001 | 44.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2000 | 46.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1999 | 47.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1998 | 48.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1997 | 49.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1996 | 49.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1995 | 49.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1994 | 49.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1993 | 49.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1992 | 49.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1991 | 49.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1990 | 49.5 per 1,000 births |
| 1989 | 49.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1988 | 49.2 per 1,000 births |
| 1987 | 49.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1986 | 49.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1985 | 49.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1984 | 50.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1983 | 50.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1982 | 51.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1981 | 52.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1980 | 53.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1979 | 54.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1978 | 55.9 per 1,000 births |
| 1977 | 57.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1976 | 58.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1975 | 60.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1974 | 61.2 per 1,000 births |
| 1973 | 62.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1972 | 64.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1971 | 65.5 per 1,000 births |
| 1970 | 68.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1969 | 69.9 per 1,000 births |
| 1968 | 71.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1967 | 70.4 per 1,000 births |