Nigerian states ranked by under-5 child mortality

Name: Under-five mortality rate (DHS, per 1,000 live births) by state, Nigeria
Creator: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission

All 36 states and the FCT, 2024. Highest: Jigawa at 161 per 1,000 births. Lowest: Kwara at 14 per 1,000 births. Nigeria overall: 110 per 1,000 births, from 132 per 1,000 births in 2018.

What this measures: Deaths of children before their fifth birthday per 1,000 live births, for the ten years before the survey.

Every state, 2024

Darker means higher · lower is better

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

Change since 2018

32 of 37 states improved between the 2018 and 2024 surveys.

Most improved

Kebbi252 per 1,000 births → 159 per 1,000 births−93
Sokoto197 per 1,000 births → 109 per 1,000 births−88
Katsina188 per 1,000 births → 105 per 1,000 births−83
Kogi148 per 1,000 births → 78 per 1,000 births−70
Ondo79 per 1,000 births → 15 per 1,000 births−64

Every state: 2024 value and rank, 2018 value and rank, and the change
Rank	State	2024	2018	Change	Rank change
1	Jigawa	161 per 1,000 births	213 per 1,000 births	−52	▲ 1
2	Kebbi	159 per 1,000 births	252 per 1,000 births	−93	▼ 1
3	Kano	158 per 1,000 births	164 per 1,000 births	−6	▲ 4
4	Gombe	157 per 1,000 births	189 per 1,000 births	−32	same
5	Kaduna	153 per 1,000 births	187 per 1,000 births	−34	▲ 1
6	Yobe	145 per 1,000 births	152 per 1,000 births	−7	▲ 2
7	Adamawa	144 per 1,000 births	104 per 1,000 births	+40	▲ 8
8	Taraba	126 per 1,000 births	129 per 1,000 births	−3	▲ 4
9	Bauchi	125 per 1,000 births	147 per 1,000 births	−22	▲ 1
10	Zamfara	119 per 1,000 births	130 per 1,000 births	−11	▲ 1
11	Sokoto	109 per 1,000 births	197 per 1,000 births	−88	▼ 8
12	Nasarawa	106 per 1,000 births	120 per 1,000 births	−14	▲ 1
13	Katsina	105 per 1,000 births	188 per 1,000 births	−83	▼ 8
14	Plateau	98 per 1,000 births	106 per 1,000 births	−8	same
15	Borno	86 per 1,000 births	86 per 1,000 births	0	▲ 6
16	Imo	85 per 1,000 births	87 per 1,000 births	−2	▲ 4
17	Akwa Ibom	80 per 1,000 births	98 per 1,000 births	−18	same
18	Kogi	78 per 1,000 births	148 per 1,000 births	−70	▼ 9
19	Bayelsa	73 per 1,000 births	31 per 1,000 births	+42	▲ 17
20	Anambra	72 per 1,000 births	58 per 1,000 births	+14	▲ 14
21	Abia	69 per 1,000 births	86 per 1,000 births	−17	▲ 1
22	Ebonyi	68 per 1,000 births	91 per 1,000 births	−23	▼ 3
23	FCT, Abuja	60 per 1,000 births	75 per 1,000 births	−15	▲ 3
24	Ogun	60 per 1,000 births	30 per 1,000 births	+30	▲ 13
25	Cross River	60 per 1,000 births	80 per 1,000 births	−20	▼ 2
26	Osun	55 per 1,000 births	70 per 1,000 births	−15	▲ 3
27	Rivers	54 per 1,000 births	79 per 1,000 births	−25	▼ 3
28	Benue	53 per 1,000 births	59 per 1,000 births	−6	▲ 4
29	Niger	49 per 1,000 births	98 per 1,000 births	−49	▼ 13
30	Enugu	49 per 1,000 births	61 per 1,000 births	−12	▲ 1
31	Lagos	46 per 1,000 births	59 per 1,000 births	−13	▲ 2
32	Ekiti	44 per 1,000 births	95 per 1,000 births	−51	▼ 14
33	Delta	33 per 1,000 births	53 per 1,000 births	−20	▲ 2
34	Oyo	23 per 1,000 births	64 per 1,000 births	−41	▼ 4
35	Edo	19 per 1,000 births	71 per 1,000 births	−52	▼ 7
36	Ondo	15 per 1,000 births	79 per 1,000 births	−64	▼ 11
37	Kwara	14 per 1,000 births	74 per 1,000 births	−60	▼ 10

Rank 1 is the highest value. Survey figures are estimates from a sample of households, so small differences between states may not be meaningful.

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Full history and definition: Under-five mortality rate (DHS, per 1,000 live births).