What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Niger and Nigeria?

3 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female

Niger

106.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

109.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

1st

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Niger
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 109.5 per 1,000 live births against 106.5 per 1,000 live births in Niger, a difference of 3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Nigeria ahead.

Niger ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 6 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	323.2 per 1,000 live births	386.7 per 1,000 live births	63.5 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
1970s	333.77 per 1,000 live births	249.03 per 1,000 live births	84.74 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1980s	331.25 per 1,000 live births	198.9 per 1,000 live births	132.35 per 1,000 live births	Niger
1990s	283.23 per 1,000 live births	190.34 per 1,000 live births	92.89 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2000s	176.5 per 1,000 live births	142.56 per 1,000 live births	33.94 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2010s	123.18 per 1,000 live births	113.09 per 1,000 live births	10.09 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2020s	111.28 per 1,000 live births	110.88 per 1,000 live births	0.4 per 1,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Niger or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 109.5 per 1,000 live births against 106.5 per 1,000 live births in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Niger and Nigeria?: 3 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, under-5, female?: Niger ranks 2nd and Nigeria 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, under-5, 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.