Nigeria - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 113.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 325.20 in 1964 and a minimum value of 113.80 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1964 325.20
1965 318.10
1966 312.00
1967 305.50
1968 298.90
1969 291.80
1970 284.40
1971 276.60
1972 268.70
1973 260.30
1974 252.00
1975 243.80
1976 236.00
1977 228.90
1978 222.60
1979 217.30
1980 213.00
1981 209.90
1982 208.00
1983 207.20
1984 207.30
1985 207.90
1986 208.80
1987 209.60
1988 210.20
1989 210.30
1990 210.00
1991 209.50
1992 208.70
1993 207.70
1994 206.30
1995 204.20
1996 201.50
1997 197.80
1998 193.30
1999 188.20
2000 182.90
2001 177.30
2002 171.50
2003 165.90
2004 160.30
2005 155.00
2006 150.10
2007 145.60
2008 141.70
2009 138.30
2010 135.50
2011 133.10
2012 131.10
2013 129.40
2014 127.90
2015 126.40
2016 124.70
2017 122.50
2018 119.90
2019 116.90
2020 113.80

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 107.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 311.90 in 1964 and a minimum value of 107.30 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1964 311.90
1965 305.50
1966 299.00
1967 292.90
1968 286.30
1969 279.40
1970 272.10
1971 264.50
1972 256.50
1973 248.30
1974 240.10
1975 232.30
1976 224.80
1977 217.80
1978 211.80
1979 206.50
1980 202.40
1981 199.50
1982 197.70
1983 196.90
1984 196.90
1985 197.40
1986 198.10
1987 198.60
1988 199.20
1989 199.30
1990 199.10
1991 198.70
1992 198.20
1993 197.40
1994 196.20
1995 194.50
1996 191.80
1997 188.30
1998 183.70
1999 179.00
2000 173.90
2001 168.40
2002 162.80
2003 157.00
2004 151.50
2005 146.30
2006 141.30
2007 137.20
2008 133.60
2009 130.40
2010 127.80
2011 125.60
2012 123.60
2013 122.10
2014 120.70
2015 119.30
2016 117.90
2017 115.70
2018 113.10
2019 110.20
2020 107.30

Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 120.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 337.70 in 1964 and a minimum value of 120.10 in 2020.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1964 337.70
1965 330.80
1966 324.20
1967 317.60
1968 310.80
1969 303.70
1970 296.20
1971 288.20
1972 279.90
1973 271.60
1974 263.00
1975 254.60
1976 246.70
1977 239.50
1978 233.10
1979 227.60
1980 223.10
1981 219.80
1982 217.80
1983 217.00
1984 217.20
1985 218.00
1986 219.00
1987 220.00
1988 220.60
1989 220.70
1990 220.50
1991 219.80
1992 218.70
1993 217.40
1994 215.80
1995 213.60
1996 210.70
1997 206.90
1998 202.40
1999 197.10
2000 191.40
2001 185.70
2002 180.00
2003 174.40
2004 168.80
2005 163.30
2006 158.30
2007 153.60
2008 149.40
2009 145.80
2010 142.80
2011 140.20
2012 138.20
2013 136.50
2014 134.80
2015 133.20
2016 131.20
2017 129.00
2018 126.30
2019 123.20
2020 120.10

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 35.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.40 in 1967 and a minimum value of 35.50 in 2020.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1967 69.40
1968 68.60
1969 67.50
1970 66.30
1971 65.00
1972 63.70
1973 62.30
1974 61.00
1975 59.70
1976 58.30
1977 57.10
1978 55.80
1979 54.60
1980 53.50
1981 52.50
1982 51.60
1983 50.90
1984 50.40
1985 50.00
1986 49.80
1987 49.70
1988 49.80
1989 49.80
1990 49.90
1991 49.90
1992 50.00
1993 50.10
1994 50.00
1995 49.80
1996 49.50
1997 49.00
1998 48.30
1999 47.40
2000 46.40
2001 45.30
2002 44.10
2003 43.00
2004 41.90
2005 40.90
2006 40.10
2007 39.50
2008 39.00
2009 38.50
2010 38.10
2011 37.80
2012 37.60
2013 37.50
2014 37.30
2015 37.20
2016 37.00
2017 36.70
2018 36.30
2019 35.90
2020 35.50

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Nigeria was 318.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 453.78 in 1960 and a minimum value of 318.01 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 453.78
1961 448.54
1962 443.31
1963 439.26
1964 435.21
1965 431.16
1966 427.11
1967 423.07
1968 418.61
1969 414.14
1970 409.68
1971 405.22
1972 400.76
1973 395.96
1974 391.16
1975 386.36
1976 381.56
1977 376.76
1978 373.17
1979 369.58
1980 365.99
1981 362.41
1982 358.82
1983 358.98
1984 359.14
1985 359.30
1986 359.46
1987 359.62
1988 359.76
1989 359.90
1990 360.04
1991 360.18
1992 360.32
1993 363.80
1994 367.28
1995 370.75
1996 374.23
1997 377.71
1998 380.91
1999 384.12
2000 387.33
2001 390.53
2002 393.74
2003 389.44
2004 385.14
2005 380.84
2006 376.54
2007 372.24
2008 368.10
2009 363.96
2010 359.82
2011 355.68
2012 351.54
2013 346.91
2014 342.29
2015 337.66
2016 333.03
2017 328.41
2018 324.96
2019 321.48
2020 318.01

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Nigeria was 357.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 515.97 in 1960 and a minimum value of 357.91 in 2020.

Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.

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Year Value
1960 515.97
1961 510.26
1962 504.55
1963 500.15
1964 495.75
1965 491.35
1966 486.96
1967 482.56
1968 477.73
1969 472.90
1970 468.07
1971 463.24
1972 458.41
1973 453.24
1974 448.06
1975 442.89
1976 437.71
1977 432.54
1978 428.65
1979 424.76
1980 420.87
1981 416.99
1982 413.10
1983 413.22
1984 413.35
1985 413.48
1986 413.60
1987 413.73
1988 413.91
1989 414.09
1990 414.27
1991 414.45
1992 414.63
1993 415.58
1994 416.52
1995 417.46
1996 418.40
1997 419.34
1998 421.37
1999 423.39
2000 425.41
2001 427.44
2002 429.46
2003 424.15
2004 418.83
2005 413.52
2006 408.21
2007 402.89
2008 399.44
2009 395.99
2010 392.54
2011 389.09
2012 385.63
2013 382.01
2014 378.39
2015 374.77
2016 371.15
2017 367.53
2018 364.32
2019 361.12
2020 357.91

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 65.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 179.90 in 1964 and a minimum value of 65.70 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1964 179.90
1965 176.00
1966 172.20
1967 168.40
1968 164.40
1969 160.30
1970 156.20
1971 151.60
1972 147.10
1973 142.40
1974 137.70
1975 133.10
1976 128.80
1977 124.80
1978 121.50
1979 118.60
1980 116.50
1981 114.80
1982 113.90
1983 113.30
1984 113.10
1985 113.30
1986 113.70
1987 114.00
1988 114.20
1989 114.30
1990 114.00
1991 113.60
1992 113.40
1993 113.10
1994 112.40
1995 111.50
1996 110.10
1997 108.30
1998 105.90
1999 103.40
2000 100.90
2001 97.90
2002 95.00
2003 92.00
2004 89.00
2005 86.10
2006 83.50
2007 81.40
2008 79.60
2009 78.00
2010 76.50
2011 75.40
2012 74.40
2013 73.60
2014 72.80
2015 72.10
2016 71.30
2017 70.10
2018 68.80
2019 67.20
2020 65.70

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 72.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 193.90 in 1964 and a minimum value of 72.20 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1964 193.90
1965 189.50
1966 185.70
1967 181.60
1968 177.50
1969 173.20
1970 168.60
1971 163.80
1972 159.00
1973 154.00
1974 149.00
1975 144.10
1976 139.50
1977 135.30
1978 131.50
1979 128.60
1980 126.20
1981 124.50
1982 123.50
1983 123.00
1984 123.10
1985 123.40
1986 123.90
1987 124.40
1988 124.70
1989 124.80
1990 124.60
1991 124.30
1992 123.90
1993 123.30
1994 122.50
1995 121.40
1996 119.90
1997 117.90
1998 115.40
1999 112.70
2000 109.80
2001 106.80
2002 103.80
2003 100.80
2004 97.80
2005 95.00
2006 92.30
2007 89.80
2008 87.70
2009 85.90
2010 84.30
2011 83.00
2012 81.90
2013 81.00
2014 80.10
2015 79.30
2016 78.30
2017 77.10
2018 75.70
2019 74.00
2020 72.20

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Nigeria was 78.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 56 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 207.30 in 1964 and a minimum value of 78.60 in 2020.

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1964 207.30
1965 202.70
1966 198.50
1967 194.30
1968 189.80
1969 185.30
1970 180.60
1971 175.50
1972 170.20
1973 164.90
1974 159.70
1975 154.50
1976 149.60
1977 145.30
1978 141.40
1979 138.10
1980 135.60
1981 133.80
1982 132.70
1983 132.30
1984 132.50
1985 133.00
1986 133.50
1987 134.20
1988 134.50
1989 134.60
1990 134.60
1991 134.40
1992 133.80
1993 133.10
1994 132.20
1995 130.90
1996 129.20
1997 127.00
1998 124.60
1999 121.60
2000 118.40
2001 115.30
2002 112.20
2003 109.20
2004 106.30
2005 103.30
2006 100.50
2007 97.80
2008 95.40
2009 93.40
2010 91.70
2011 90.30
2012 89.00
2013 88.00
2014 87.00
2015 86.10
2016 85.00
2017 83.70
2018 82.20
2019 80.40
2020 78.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality