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Niger — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Niger, 1969–2024.
Latest value · 2024
65.6
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -55.9% since 1969
Infant mortality for Niger was 65.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1969 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 153.2 in 1973. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.48% per year.
Niger ranks 3 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Niger sits above it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 57% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
65.6
First (1969)
148.9
Change
-55.9%
Highest
153.2
in 1973
Lowest
65.6
in 2024
Average
113.1
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.48%
Years of data
56
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.6 |
| 2023 | 66.9 |
| 2022 | 68 |
| 2021 | 68.7 |
| 2020 | 69.1 |
| 2019 | 69.3 |
| 2018 | 69.3 |
| 2017 | 69.3 |
| 2016 | 69.2 |
| 2015 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 69.1 |
| 2013 | 69.2 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.