Nigeria vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, infant, female
Nigeria
63.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
66.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nigeria rank
2nd
South Sudan rank
1st
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Nigeria
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 66.1 per 1,000 live births against 63.2 per 1,000 live births in Nigeria, a difference of 2.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was South Sudan ahead.
Nigeria ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st of 197 countries.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170.82 per 1,000 live births | 192.07 per 1,000 live births | 21.25 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 123.46 per 1,000 live births | 159.6 per 1,000 live births | 36.14 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 95.62 per 1,000 live births | 179.76 per 1,000 live births | 84.14 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 94.58 per 1,000 live births | 149.74 per 1,000 live births | 55.16 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 74.54 per 1,000 live births | 92.65 per 1,000 live births | 18.11 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2010s | 62.16 per 1,000 live births | 102.84 per 1,000 live births | 40.68 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 63.26 per 1,000 live births | 66.14 per 1,000 live births | 2.88 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Nigeria or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 66.1 per 1,000 live births against 63.2 per 1,000 live births in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Nigeria and South Sudan?
- 2.9 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South Sudan?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st 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.