Niger - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Niger was 49,022 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,703 in 1993 and a minimum value of 30,846 in 1968.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

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
1968 30,846
1969 31,926
1970 33,105
1971 34,284
1972 35,452
1973 36,599
1974 37,665
1975 38,597
1976 39,443
1977 40,184
1978 40,914
1979 41,703
1980 42,721
1981 43,957
1982 45,469
1983 47,232
1984 49,108
1985 50,982
1986 52,708
1987 54,216
1988 55,493
1989 56,556
1990 57,457
1991 58,151
1992 58,569
1993 58,703
1994 58,542
1995 58,142
1996 57,703
1997 57,418
1998 57,311
1999 57,282
2000 57,248
2001 57,065
2002 56,586
2003 55,879
2004 55,007
2005 54,068
2006 53,134
2007 52,212
2008 51,328
2009 50,485
2010 49,717
2011 49,094
2012 48,672
2013 48,391
2014 48,300
2015 48,248
2016 48,327
2017 48,455
2018 48,635
2019 48,787
2020 49,022

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Niger was 81,065 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 138,664 in 1992 and a minimum value of 81,065 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

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
1972 86,168
1973 88,933
1974 91,378
1975 93,355
1976 95,036
1977 96,390
1978 97,741
1979 99,324
1980 101,665
1981 104,724
1982 108,664
1983 113,381
1984 118,402
1985 123,336
1986 127,703
1987 131,287
1988 134,061
1989 136,118
1990 137,657
1991 138,564
1992 138,664
1993 137,965
1994 136,454
1995 134,292
1996 132,079
1997 130,368
1998 129,183
1999 128,184
2000 127,116
2001 125,550
2002 123,073
2003 119,914
2004 116,277
2005 112,458
2006 108,652
2007 104,876
2008 101,203
2009 97,652
2010 94,332
2011 91,450
2012 89,162
2013 87,289
2014 85,944
2015 84,709
2016 83,815
2017 83,031
2018 82,367
2019 81,614
2020 81,065

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Niger was 26,461 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,461 in 2020 and a minimum value of 15,434 in 1970.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

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
1970 15,434
1971 15,978
1972 16,502
1973 17,014
1974 17,484
1975 17,879
1976 18,177
1977 18,398
1978 18,649
1979 18,953
1980 19,329
1981 19,806
1982 20,387
1983 21,005
1984 21,650
1985 22,266
1986 22,828
1987 23,332
1988 23,746
1989 24,079
1990 24,375
1991 24,676
1992 24,963
1993 25,203
1994 25,386
1995 25,535
1996 25,691
1997 25,894
1998 26,045
1999 26,118
2000 26,135
2001 26,093
2002 26,021
2003 25,941
2004 25,878
2005 25,833
2006 25,754
2007 25,615
2008 25,492
2009 25,368
2010 25,231
2011 25,152
2012 25,158
2013 25,216
2014 25,330
2015 25,476
2016 25,642
2017 25,896
2018 26,045
2019 26,256
2020 26,461

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality