Haiti vs Nigeria: Mortality rates at age 65
Haiti
3.63 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nigeria
3.66 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Haiti rank
20th
Nigeria rank
19th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Haiti
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people in Haiti, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Haiti ranks 20th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2948 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 4.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5417 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 4.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0885 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 4.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1165 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 1990s | 4.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1898 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 3.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1192 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0605 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
| 2020s | 4.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1911 deaths per 1,000 people | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Haiti or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people in Haiti as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Haiti and Nigeria?
- 0.03 deaths per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Nigeria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Haiti and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Haiti ranks 20th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.