What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Nigeria and Somalia?

5.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Somalia: Mortality rate, infant, male

Nigeria

76 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

70.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria rank

2nd

Somalia rank

3rd

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

Nigeria
Somalia

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 76 per 1,000 live births against 70.6 per 1,000 live births in Somalia, a difference of 5.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Somalia ahead.

Nigeria ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 197 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	111.5 per 1,000 live births	114.24 per 1,000 live births	2.74 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
1990s	111.16 per 1,000 live births	145.49 per 1,000 live births	34.33 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	89.68 per 1,000 live births	109.33 per 1,000 live births	19.65 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	75.32 per 1,000 live births	109.84 per 1,000 live births	34.52 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	76.16 per 1,000 live births	78.56 per 1,000 live births	2.4 per 1,000 live births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Nigeria or Somalia?: Nigeria, at 76 per 1,000 live births against 70.6 per 1,000 live births in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Nigeria and Somalia?: 5.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?: Nigeria ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.