Home → Nigeria → Infant Mortality Rate → 2009

Nigeria - Infant Mortality Rate 2009

Name: Nigeria Infant Mortality Rate 2009
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

75.4 −1.7 from 2008 Global rank: 186th

Nigeria's infant mortality rate was 75.4 in 2009, decreased +1.7 from 77.1 in 2008. This was the 186th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	2.1	-4.5%
2nd	Singapore	2.2	-4.3%
3rd	Japan	2.4	-4.0%
4th	Luxembourg	2.4	-4.0%
5th	Finland	2.6	-3.7%
6th	Sweden	2.6	0.0%
7th	San Marino	2.7	-3.6%
8th	Czechia	2.8	-6.7%
9th	Norway	2.8	-3.4%
10th	Slovenia	2.8	-3.4%
11th	Cyprus	2.9	-6.5%
12th	France	3.1	-3.1%
13th	Portugal	3.1	-3.1%
14th	Spain	3.3	-2.9%
15th	Greece	3.3	-2.9%
16th	Monaco	3.3	-2.9%
17th	Italy	3.4	-2.9%
18th	Korea	3.4	-5.6%
19th	Germany	3.5	-2.8%
20th	Denmark	3.6	-2.7%
21st	Austria	3.7	-2.6%
22nd	Ireland	3.7	-2.6%
23rd	Belgium	3.8	0.0%
24th	Israel	3.8	-2.6%
25th	Estonia	3.9	-9.3%
26th	Netherlands	3.9	-2.5%
27th	Switzerland	4.0	0.0%
28th	European Union	4.1	-3.6%
29th	Australia	4.2	-4.5%
30th	Andorra	4.4	-6.4%
31st	Belarus	4.6	-9.8%
32nd	United Kingdom	4.6	-4.2%
33rd	Croatia	4.8	-4.0%
34th	Canada	5.0	-2.0%
35th	Cuba	5.0	-2.0%
36th	New Zealand	5.2	-1.9%
37th	Hungary	5.3	-3.6%
38th	Lithuania	5.4	-10.0%
39th	Poland	5.4	-5.3%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.6	-1.8%
41st	Slovak Republic	5.9	-3.3%
42nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0	-1.6%
43rd	Malta	6.0	0.0%
44th	Montenegro	6.3	-10.0%
45th	United States	6.4	-1.5%
46th	Malaysia	6.5	0.0%
47th	Serbia	6.7	-2.9%
48th	Latvia	6.9	-5.5%
49th	United Arab Emirates	7.2	-1.4%
50th	Bahrain	7.4	-5.1%
51st	Chile	7.6	0.0%
52nd	Qatar	7.7	-2.5%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	8.0	0.0%
54th	Russian Federation	8.6	-4.4%
55th	Bulgaria	9.3	-3.1%
56th	Costa Rica	9.3	-1.1%
57th	Kuwait	9.3	-2.1%
58th	Oman	9.6	-2.0%
59th	Antigua and Barbuda	9.7	-3.0%
60th	North Macedonia	9.7	-5.8%
61st	Uruguay	9.7	-4.9%
62nd	Albania	10.4	-6.3%
63rd	Tonga	10.8	-2.7%
64th	Romania	11.1	-6.7%
65th	Saudi Arabia	11.2	-6.7%
66th	Lebanon	11.4	-2.6%
67th	Ukraine	11.9	-4.8%
68th	Seychelles	12.5	0.8%
69th	Thailand	12.6	-3.8%
70th	Argentina	12.8	-3.0%
71st	Georgia	12.8	-9.2%
72nd	Maldives	12.8	-7.9%
73rd	Barbados	12.9	-1.5%
74th	Sri Lanka	13.0	34.0%
75th	Mauritius	13.0	-1.5%
76th	China	13.6	-8.1%
77th	Grenada	13.6	2.3%
78th	Bahamas, The	13.7	-2.1%
79th	Libya	13.8	-6.1%
80th	British Virgin Islands	13.9	0.0%
81st	Panama	15.1	-3.2%
82nd	Moldova	15.6	-2.5%
83rd	Türkiye	15.7	-7.1%
84th	Belize	15.9	-1.9%
85th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.1	0.0%
86th	St. Lucia	16.1	0.0%
87th	El Salvador	16.4	-4.7%
88th	Brazil	16.7	-5.1%
89th	Ecuador	16.7	-4.0%
90th	Colombia	16.8	-2.9%
91st	Mexico	16.8	-2.9%
92nd	Palau	16.8	-1.8%
93rd	Viet Nam	16.8	-1.2%
94th	Tunisia	16.9	-1.7%
95th	Fiji	17.1	-1.7%
96th	Armenia	17.2	-5.0%
97th	Samoa	17.4	14.5%
98th	Jordan	17.5	-2.8%
99th	Peru	17.5	-4.4%
100th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.6	0.0%
101st	Jamaica	17.9	0.0%
102nd	Vanuatu	17.9	-3.2%
103rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.1	-5.7%
104th	Kazakhstan	18.5	-9.3%
105th	Nicaragua	19.4	-4.9%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	19.7	-3.4%
107th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.7	-1.5%
108th	Kosovo	19.8	-7.9%
109th	Honduras	20.9	-3.2%
110th	Solomon Islands	21.4	-1.4%
111th	Suriname	21.6	-2.3%
112th	Dominica	21.7	3.3%
113th	Mongolia	22.5	-7.8%
114th	Trinidad and Tobago	22.6	-1.7%
115th	Paraguay	23.3	-2.5%
116th	Philippines	23.4	-1.7%
117th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.9	-3.2%
118th	Cabo Verde	24.3	-0.4%
119th	Algeria	25.1	-3.1%
120th	São Tomé and Principe	25.2	-7.7%
121st	Nauru	26.0	-5.5%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.7	-3.6%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	27.4	-6.5%
124th	Tuvalu	27.8	-4.1%
125th	Indonesia	28.2	-3.8%
126th	Guatemala	29.3	-3.6%
127th	Morocco	29.7	-5.4%
128th	Uzbekistan	30.4	-7.9%
129th	Dominican Republic	30.7	-0.3%
130th	Micronesia, Federated States of	30.8	-1.3%
131st	Tajikistan	31.5	-5.7%
132nd	Azerbaijan	31.6	-6.2%
133rd	Iraq	31.8	-2.8%
134th	Marshall Islands	32.2	-0.9%
135th	Bhutan	33.6	-6.4%
136th	Guyana	34.6	-1.7%
137th	Turkmenistan	35.9	-3.5%
138th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	36.8	-5.2%
139th	South Africa	37.7	-7.1%
140th	Bangladesh	38.4	-4.2%
141st	Eritrea	38.6	-3.0%
142nd	Gabon	40.0	-1.7%
143rd	Cambodia	40.6	-7.3%
144th	Nepal	41.8	-3.7%
145th	Kenya	41.9	-1.2%
146th	Kiribati	42.5	-1.2%
147th	Congo, Republic of	42.9	-5.3%
148th	Senegal	43.0	-4.2%
149th	Namibia	43.1	5.9%
150th	Mauritania	43.4	-3.1%
151st	Rwanda	45.4	-7.0%
152nd	Papua New Guinea	47.1	-2.3%
153rd	Madagascar	47.4	-2.9%
154th	Ghana	47.5	-3.5%
155th	Comoros	48.3	-2.8%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	48.5	-4.2%
157th	India	48.7	-4.1%
158th	Botswana	49.3	0.6%
159th	Tanzania	50.5	-5.1%
160th	Zambia	50.7	-4.2%
161st	Uganda	52.4	-4.9%
162nd	Gambia, The	53.5	-3.4%
163rd	Timor-Leste	54.3	-4.2%
164th	Togo	54.6	-2.7%
165th	Malawi	55.5	-3.1%
166th	Sudan	55.7	-2.3%
167th	Myanmar	56.4	-20.3%
168th	Haiti	56.8	-1.9%
169th	Burundi	58.3	-5.7%
170th	Lao PDR	61.3	-4.4%
171st	Mozambique	63.7	-4.9%
172nd	Benin	65.1	-2.0%
173rd	Eswatini	65.5	-4.4%
174th	Cameroon	66.3	-2.4%
175th	Djibouti	66.6	-2.2%
176th	Burkina Faso	68.2	-3.9%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	68.3	-3.4%
178th	Zimbabwe	70.7	-1.4%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	70.9	-2.9%
180th	Guinea-Bissau	71.1	-4.6%
181st	Niger	72.3	-3.0%
182nd	Liberia	72.9	-3.4%
183rd	Angola	73.7	-6.4%
184th	Pakistan	74.8	-2.0%
185th	Guinea	75.3	-1.4%
186th	Nigeria	75.4	-2.2%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	77.9	-3.6%
188th	Lesotho	78.3	-5.8%
189th	Mali	79.1	-2.5%
190th	Afghanistan	80.0	-4.0%
191st	South Sudan	82.1	-4.0%
192nd	Chad	84.9	-2.4%
193rd	Sierra Leone	94.7	-3.9%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	98.9	-2.1%
195th	Central African Republic	234.9	181.0%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2009?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2009 was 75.4. This ranked 186th globally.

How did Nigeria's infant mortality rate change in 2009?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009 at 234.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2009?▾

The infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2009 was 75.4. This ranked 186th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Nigeria's infant mortality rate?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate went from 77.1 in 2008 to 75.4 in 2009, a 2.2% decrease.

← 2008

View all years

2010 →