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Nigeria — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Nigeria, 1964–2024.
Latest value · 2024
69.8
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -59.3% since 1964
Infant mortality for Nigeria was 69.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1964 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 217.9 in 1968. The lowest was 68.0 in 2015 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.49% per year.
Nigeria ranks 2 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Nigeria sits above it. It peaked in 1968 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
69.8
First (1964)
171.7
Change
-59.3%
Highest
217.9
in 1968
Lowest
68.0
in 2015
Average
104.1
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.49%
Years of data
61
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.8 |
| 2023 | 70.1 |
| 2022 | 70.2 |
| 2021 | 69.9 |
| 2020 | 69.5 |
| 2019 | 69.1 |
| 2018 | 68.7 |
| 2017 | 68.3 |
| 2016 | 68.1 |
| 2015 | 68 |
| 2014 | 68.1 |
| 2013 | 68.5 |
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.