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Nigeria - Infant Mortality Rate 1976

Name: Nigeria Infant Mortality Rate 1976
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

120.0 −4.5 from 1975 Global rank: 137th

Nigeria's infant mortality rate was 120.0 in 1976, decreased +4.5 from 124.5 in 1975. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1976▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1976
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	8.3	-5.7%
2nd	Finland	9.4	-6.9%
3rd	Japan	9.4	-6.0%
4th	Denmark	9.6	-5.9%
5th	Norway	9.8	-5.8%
6th	Iceland	9.9	-5.7%
7th	Netherlands	10.0	-3.8%
8th	Switzerland	10.5	-6.2%
9th	France	11.8	-4.1%
10th	Singapore	13.1	-7.7%
11th	Canada	13.3	-5.7%
12th	Luxembourg	13.4	-5.0%
13th	Australia	13.5	-6.3%
14th	New Zealand	14.5	-3.3%
15th	Belgium	14.8	-5.7%
16th	United Kingdom	14.8	-3.9%
17th	United States	15.2	-4.4%
18th	Ireland	16.1	-4.7%
19th	Germany	16.6	-6.2%
20th	Antigua and Barbuda	17.0	-5.6%
21st	Spain	17.2	-7.5%
22nd	Belarus	17.7	0.0%
23rd	Lithuania	17.7	-0.6%
24th	Malta	18.0	-5.3%
25th	Austria	18.1	-9.0%
26th	Czechia	18.1	-3.7%
27th	Italy	18.8	-8.3%
28th	Israel	19.9	-5.7%
29th	Russian Federation	21.9	0.0%
30th	Greece	22.3	-4.3%
31st	Slovak Republic	22.8	-3.0%
32nd	Cuba	22.9	-5.8%
33rd	Brunei Darussalam	23.1	-7.6%
34th	Bulgaria	23.6	-2.5%
35th	Poland	23.8	-3.3%
36th	Dominica	24.1	-6.2%
37th	Ukraine	25.9	-1.5%
38th	Bahamas, The	26.4	-0.8%
39th	Tonga	28.4	-4.7%
40th	Cyprus	29.1	-6.4%
41st	Hungary	29.3	-9.0%
42nd	Malaysia	29.8	-6.3%
43rd	Barbados	29.9	-5.4%
44th	British Virgin Islands	30.6	-2.5%
45th	Grenada	31.0	-1.9%
46th	Seychelles	32.3	-8.8%
47th	Costa Rica	32.5	-12.9%
48th	Portugal	32.6	-9.2%
49th	St. Lucia	33.0	-7.3%
50th	Romania	33.0	-5.7%
51st	Korea	34.0	-3.7%
52nd	Qatar	36.8	-5.4%
53rd	Jamaica	37.2	-3.4%
54th	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.3	-6.8%
55th	Panama	37.7	-4.1%
56th	Bahrain	38.4	-7.9%
57th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	38.9	-4.4%
58th	United Arab Emirates	40.0	-9.7%
59th	Samoa	40.2	-5.0%
60th	Fiji	40.4	-2.7%
61st	Kuwait	40.6	-6.0%
62nd	Trinidad and Tobago	41.0	-2.6%
63rd	Sri Lanka	43.4	-4.2%
64th	Mauritius	44.0	-11.1%
65th	Moldova	45.4	-2.4%
66th	St. Kitts and Nevis	47.4	-2.1%
67th	Palau	47.8	-5.9%
68th	Chile	48.2	-12.8%
69th	Uruguay	48.6	-1.6%
70th	Solomon Islands	48.7	-10.8%
71st	Argentina	50.3	-5.5%
72nd	Marshall Islands	51.3	-1.0%
73rd	Viet Nam	51.3	-1.5%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	52.1	0.6%
75th	Philippines	52.9	0.2%
76th	Micronesia, Federated States of	54.9	-2.7%
77th	Jordan	54.9	-4.0%
78th	Georgia	55.2	-3.7%
79th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	56.8	-2.4%
80th	Colombia	57.1	-4.8%
81st	Paraguay	57.4	-1.7%
82nd	Belize	58.3	-3.6%
83rd	Syrian Arab Republic	58.9	-4.4%
84th	Thailand	59.2	-4.7%
85th	Guyana	60.0	-0.2%
86th	China	60.9	-5.9%
87th	Cabo Verde	62.9	-4.8%
88th	Vanuatu	63.0	-4.1%
89th	Tuvalu	63.3	-5.4%
90th	Namibia	65.6	2.5%
91st	Libya	65.7	-6.0%
92nd	Iraq	66.6	-4.0%
93rd	Kazakhstan	67.3	-1.9%
94th	Congo, Republic of	67.5	-1.5%
95th	Mexico	67.7	-3.3%
96th	Zimbabwe	71.3	1.7%
97th	Botswana	74.8	-5.0%
98th	Dominican Republic	75.3	-3.1%
99th	Kenya	76.5	-2.7%
100th	Tunisia	78.8	-6.2%
101st	Gabon	79.4	-2.2%
102nd	Zambia	80.1	-0.7%
103rd	Armenia	81.2	-
104th	Ecuador	83.4	-4.2%
105th	Honduras	83.7	-3.9%
106th	Papua New Guinea	87.9	-2.9%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	88.3	-5.9%
108th	Brazil	88.4	-2.6%
109th	Madagascar	88.8	2.0%
110th	Sudan	90.0	-0.1%
111th	Kiribati	92.7	-1.0%
112th	El Salvador	94.5	-3.1%
113th	Indonesia	94.8	-2.5%
114th	Peru	95.4	-2.6%
115th	Eritrea	95.8	-19.1%
116th	Eswatini	97.9	-3.4%
117th	Ghana	98.0	-3.4%
118th	Tajikistan	100.6	-2.6%
119th	Lebanon	102.4	102.8%
120th	Nicaragua	102.6	-4.3%
121st	Mauritania	106.5	-0.9%
122nd	Tanzania	107.0	-1.5%
123rd	Togo	108.1	-2.0%
124th	Senegal	109.4	-2.8%
125th	Guatemala	111.4	5.9%
126th	South Africa	111.4	-
127th	Myanmar	111.7	-1.8%
128th	Saudi Arabia	112.2	-6.5%
129th	Cameroon	113.5	-0.6%
130th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	114.7	-5.3%
131st	Morocco	114.7	-2.6%
132nd	Oman	117.7	-6.4%
133rd	Uganda	117.7	2.6%
134th	Central African Republic	119.3	-1.4%
135th	Türkiye	119.5	-3.2%
136th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	119.7	-1.2%
137th	Nigeria	120.0	-3.6%
138th	Lesotho	121.7	-3.4%
139th	India	121.9	-2.3%
140th	Burundi	122.2	-0.1%
141st	Benin	124.2	-2.1%
142nd	Côte d'Ivoire	128.2	-4.0%
143rd	Rwanda	130.0	2.0%
144th	Pakistan	130.1	-0.5%
145th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	132.5	-2.9%
146th	Chad	133.3	-0.4%
147th	Gambia, The	133.5	-1.5%
148th	Algeria	134.0	-3.8%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	137.0	-2.7%
150th	Comoros	139.5	-2.1%
151st	Burkina Faso	140.8	-3.6%
152nd	Bangladesh	144.2	-1.2%
153rd	Haiti	144.8	-2.6%
154th	Sierra Leone	145.0	-0.8%
155th	Malawi	148.0	-2.4%
156th	Maldives	149.2	-5.1%
157th	Mozambique	149.3	0.1%
158th	Niger	149.9	-1.3%
159th	Nepal	159.1	-2.2%
160th	Bhutan	159.5	-2.6%
161st	South Sudan	163.0	-1.3%
162nd	Liberia	167.7	-1.8%
163rd	Guinea	170.6	-1.2%
164th	Mali	171.2	-2.2%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	182.9	-3.8%
166th	Afghanistan	204.1	-1.6%
167th	Cambodia	245.5	-

FAQ

What was Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 1976?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 1976 was 120.0. This ranked 137th globally.

How did Nigeria's infant mortality rate change in 1976?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.6% in 1976 compared to 1975.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1976?▾

Cambodia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1976 at 245.5.

What is the infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 1976?▾

The infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 1976 was 120.0. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 1976 compare to 1975 for Nigeria's infant mortality rate?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate went from 124.5 in 1975 to 120.0 in 1976, a 3.6% decrease.

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