Nigeria vs Pre-demographic dividend: Mortality rate, under-5

Nigeria
115.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Pre-demographic dividend
74.46 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nigeria rank
1st
Pre-demographic dividend rank
3rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Nigeria
  • Pre-demographic dividend
100200300400196419942024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 74.46 per 1,000 live births in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 41.14 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.6 times Pre-demographic dividend's.

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

Nigeria ranks 1st and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1990s 199.41 per 1,000 live births 174.89 per 1,000 live births 24.52 per 1,000 live births Nigeria
2000s 150.54 per 1,000 live births 126.8 per 1,000 live births 23.74 per 1,000 live births Nigeria
2010s 119.73 per 1,000 live births 89.72 per 1,000 live births 30.01 per 1,000 live births Nigeria
2020s 116.98 per 1,000 live births 77.62 per 1,000 live births 39.36 per 1,000 live births Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Nigeria or Pre-demographic dividend?
Nigeria, at 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 74.46 per 1,000 live births in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Nigeria and Pre-demographic dividend?
41.14 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Pre-demographic dividend?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Nigeria ranks 1st and Pre-demographic dividend 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, under-5 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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