What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA blend and Nigeria?

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

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

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.

IDA blend vs Nigeria: Mortality rate, infant

IDA blend

52.94 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

69.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA blend rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

2nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

IDA blend
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 69.8 per 1,000 live births against 52.94 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend, a difference of 16.86 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times IDA blend's.

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

IDA blend ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA blend	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	94.94 per 1,000 live births	103.1 per 1,000 live births	8.16 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2000s	76.18 per 1,000 live births	82.3 per 1,000 live births	6.12 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2010s	61 per 1,000 live births	68.9 per 1,000 live births	7.9 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2020s	54.45 per 1,000 live births	69.9 per 1,000 live births	15.45 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, IDA blend or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 69.8 per 1,000 live births against 52.94 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA blend and Nigeria?: 16.86 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA blend and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: IDA blend ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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.