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

4.2 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.

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.

Niger vs Nigeria: Mortality rate, infant

Niger

65.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

69.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

2nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Niger
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 69.8 per 1,000 live births against 65.6 per 1,000 live births in Niger, a difference of 4.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 4 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	148.9 per 1,000 live births	212.3 per 1,000 live births	63.4 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
1970s	149.87 per 1,000 live births	132.71 per 1,000 live births	17.16 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1980s	145.88 per 1,000 live births	103.92 per 1,000 live births	41.96 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1990s	131.1 per 1,000 live births	103.1 per 1,000 live births	28 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2000s	88.56 per 1,000 live births	82.3 per 1,000 live births	6.26 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2010s	69.49 per 1,000 live births	68.9 per 1,000 live births	0.59 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2020s	67.66 per 1,000 live births	69.9 per 1,000 live births	2.24 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Niger or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 69.8 per 1,000 live births against 65.6 per 1,000 live births in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Niger and Nigeria?: 4.2 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?: 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 (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: 20 August 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.