What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Africa Western and Central and Niger?

9.14 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Western and Central and Niger?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Africa Western and Central vs Niger: Mortality rate, infant

Africa Western and Central

56.46 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger

65.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Africa Western and Central rank

1st

Niger rank

3rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Africa Western and Central
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 65.6 per 1,000 live births against 56.46 per 1,000 live births in Africa Western and Central, a difference of 9.14 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Africa Western and Central's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.

Africa Western and Central ranks 1st and Niger ranks 3rd of 47 groups.

Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Africa Western and Central	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1990s	100.8 per 1,000 live births	131.1 per 1,000 live births	30.3 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2000s	80.17 per 1,000 live births	88.56 per 1,000 live births	8.39 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2010s	63.29 per 1,000 live births	69.49 per 1,000 live births	6.2 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2020s	58.47 per 1,000 live births	67.66 per 1,000 live births	9.19 per 1,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Africa Western and Central or Niger?: Niger, at 65.6 per 1,000 live births against 56.46 per 1,000 live births in Africa Western and Central as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Africa Western and Central and Niger?: 9.14 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Western and Central and Niger?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Africa Western and Central and Niger rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Africa Western and Central ranks 1st and Niger ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.