Niger vs Nigeria: Mortality rate, infant, female
Niger
60.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nigeria
63.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Niger rank
3rd
Nigeria rank
2nd
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Niger
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 63.2 per 1,000 live births against 60.4 per 1,000 live births in Niger, a difference of 2.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Nigeria ahead.
Niger ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 139.2 per 1,000 live births | 201.8 per 1,000 live births | 62.6 per 1,000 live births | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 140.12 per 1,000 live births | 123.46 per 1,000 live births | 16.66 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 1980s | 136.82 per 1,000 live births | 95.62 per 1,000 live births | 41.2 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 1990s | 124.06 per 1,000 live births | 94.58 per 1,000 live births | 29.48 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 2000s | 82.78 per 1,000 live births | 74.54 per 1,000 live births | 8.24 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 2010s | 64.12 per 1,000 live births | 62.16 per 1,000 live births | 1.96 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 2020s | 62.36 per 1,000 live births | 63.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.9 per 1,000 live births | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Niger or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 63.2 per 1,000 live births against 60.4 per 1,000 live births in Niger as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Niger and Nigeria?
- 2.8 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Nigeria?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Niger and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Niger ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.