What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ethiopia and Nigeria?

190,217 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.

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

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Ethiopia

104,789 deaths

in 2024

Nigeria

295,006 deaths

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

5th

Nigeria rank

2nd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Ethiopia
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 295,006 deaths against 104,789 deaths in Ethiopia, a difference of 190,217 deaths.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.8 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 199 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	116,596 deaths	190,624 deaths	74,028 deaths	Nigeria
1980s	130,848 deaths	195,425 deaths	64,577 deaths	Nigeria
1990s	149,294 deaths	236,326 deaths	87,032 deaths	Nigeria
2000s	140,732 deaths	254,614 deaths	113,882 deaths	Nigeria
2010s	114,395 deaths	277,596 deaths	163,201 deaths	Nigeria
2020s	108,294 deaths	290,179 deaths	181,885 deaths	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Ethiopia or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 295,006 deaths against 104,789 deaths in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ethiopia and Nigeria?: 190,217 deaths, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Nigeria rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Ethiopia ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .