Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.65% to 114 in Nigeria in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Nigeria reached an all time high of 325 in 1964 and an all time low of 114 in 2020. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 85.9, 72.2 in Cameroon, 110 in Chad and 77.5 in Niger in 2020.
Nigeria has been ranked 2nd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 99.8 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 93.2 | 90.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 92.4 | 88.0 | 84.2 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 128 | 123 | 118 | 115 | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 52.8 | 50.3 | 47.4 | 45.5 | 44.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 128 | 126 | 125 | 123 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 67.9 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 62.0 | 60.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 78.3 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 71.1 | 68.8 |
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