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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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.
See also:
| 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
