Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
115.6 per 1,000 births Nigeria, 2024
Down 1.0% from 116.8 per 1,000 births in 2023.
Modelled estimateYearlySDG 3.2.1
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.DYN.MORT · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified 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
- 3.2.1
- 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.MORT)
- 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.MORT. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 115.6 per 1,000 births |
| 2023 | 116.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2022 | 117.5 per 1,000 births |
| 2021 | 117.6 per 1,000 births |
| 2020 | 117.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2019 | 117.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2018 | 117.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2017 | 117.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2016 | 117.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2015 | 117.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2014 | 118.7 per 1,000 births |
| 2013 | 119.9 per 1,000 births |
| 2012 | 121.6 per 1,000 births |
| 2011 | 123.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2010 | 126.3 per 1,000 births |
| 2009 | 129.2 per 1,000 births |
| 2008 | 132.5 per 1,000 births |
| 2007 | 136.5 per 1,000 births |
| 2006 | 140.9 per 1,000 births |
| 2005 | 145.8 per 1,000 births |
| 2004 | 151.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2003 | 157.4 per 1,000 births |
| 2002 | 163.9 per 1,000 births |
| 2001 | 170.5 per 1,000 births |
| 2000 | 177.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1999 | 183.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1998 | 189.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1997 | 194.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1996 | 198.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1995 | 201.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1994 | 203.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1993 | 204.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1992 | 205.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1991 | 206.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1990 | 207.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1989 | 208.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1988 | 208.2 per 1,000 births |
| 1987 | 208.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1986 | 207.5 per 1,000 births |
| 1985 | 206.9 per 1,000 births |
| 1984 | 206.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1983 | 206.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1982 | 207.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1981 | 209.7 per 1,000 births |
| 1980 | 212.9 per 1,000 births |
| 1979 | 217.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1978 | 222.6 per 1,000 births |
| 1977 | 228.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1976 | 235.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1975 | 243.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1974 | 251.5 per 1,000 births |
| 1973 | 259.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1972 | 268.0 per 1,000 births |
| 1971 | 276.3 per 1,000 births |
| 1970 | 387.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1969 | 397.2 per 1,000 births |
| 1968 | 406.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1967 | 305.4 per 1,000 births |
| 1966 | 312.1 per 1,000 births |
| 1965 | 318.8 per 1,000 births |
| 1964 | 325.7 per 1,000 births |