Liberia vs Niger: Infant mortality rate by sex
Liberia
5.65 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Niger
6.04 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Liberia rank
5th
Niger rank
3rd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Liberia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 6.04 deaths per 100 live births against 5.65 deaths per 100 live births in Liberia, a difference of 0.39 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 5th and Niger ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 deaths per 100 live births | 13.92 deaths per 100 live births | 3.08 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 1970s | 15.53 deaths per 100 live births | 14.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 1980s | 14.37 deaths per 100 live births | 13.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.693 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 1990s | 14.58 deaths per 100 live births | 12.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 8.62 deaths per 100 live births | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3393 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 2010s | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4836 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
| 2020s | 5.67 deaths per 100 live births | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Liberia or Niger?
- Niger, at 6.04 deaths per 100 live births against 5.65 deaths per 100 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Liberia and Niger?
- 0.39 deaths per 100 live births, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Niger?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Niger rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Liberia ranks 5th and Niger ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .