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Nigeria - Infant Mortality Rate 2023

Name: Nigeria Infant Mortality Rate 2023
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

60.1 −1.5 from 2022 Global rank: 190th

Nigeria's infant mortality rate was 60.1 in 2023, decreased +1.5 from 61.6 in 2022. This was the 190th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.4	0.0%
2nd	Estonia	1.6	-5.9%
3rd	Singapore	1.7	-5.6%
4th	Finland	1.8	0.0%
5th	Japan	1.8	0.0%
6th	Slovenia	1.8	-5.3%
7th	Belarus	1.9	-5.0%
8th	Iceland	1.9	-5.0%
9th	Norway	1.9	0.0%
10th	Luxembourg	2.0	0.0%
11th	Sweden	2.0	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.1	-4.5%
13th	Montenegro	2.1	-4.5%
14th	Italy	2.3	-4.2%
15th	Korea	2.3	-4.2%
16th	Monaco	2.3	0.0%
17th	Andorra	2.5	-3.8%
18th	Latvia	2.5	-7.4%
19th	Austria	2.6	-3.7%
20th	Spain	2.6	0.0%
21st	Portugal	2.6	0.0%
22nd	Israel	2.7	0.0%
23rd	Lithuania	2.8	-3.4%
24th	North Macedonia	2.8	-22.2%
25th	Cyprus	2.9	3.6%
26th	Belgium	3.0	-3.2%
27th	Denmark	3.0	-3.2%
28th	Australia	3.1	-3.1%
29th	Germany	3.1	0.0%
30th	European Union	3.2	-0.5%
31st	Greece	3.2	-3.0%
32nd	Hungary	3.2	0.0%
33rd	France	3.4	0.0%
34th	Ireland	3.4	3.0%
35th	Switzerland	3.5	0.0%
36th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
37th	Poland	3.7	0.0%
38th	Russian Federation	3.7	-5.1%
39th	Croatia	3.9	0.0%
40th	United Arab Emirates	4.0	-4.8%
41st	United Kingdom	4.0	2.6%
42nd	New Zealand	4.0	-2.4%
43rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.0	-2.4%
44th	Canada	4.4	-2.2%
45th	China	4.5	-6.3%
46th	Serbia	4.5	0.0%
47th	Malta	4.8	-4.0%
48th	Qatar	4.9	-2.0%
49th	Saudi Arabia	4.9	-3.9%
50th	Bulgaria	5.0	-2.0%
51st	Maldives	5.0	-5.7%
52nd	Slovak Republic	5.1	2.0%
53rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.3	-3.6%
54th	Sri Lanka	5.3	-3.6%
55th	Romania	5.4	0.0%
56th	Uruguay	5.5	-1.8%
57th	United States	5.5	0.0%
58th	Chile	6.2	5.1%
59th	Cuba	6.6	4.8%
60th	Malaysia	6.8	1.5%
61st	Bahrain	7.2	2.9%
62nd	Antigua and Barbuda	7.3	-2.7%
63rd	Kazakhstan	7.6	-1.3%
64th	Kuwait	7.6	0.0%
65th	Ukraine	7.8	-2.5%
66th	Georgia	8.0	-1.2%
67th	Thailand	8.0	-3.6%
68th	Tonga	8.0	-2.4%
69th	Argentina	8.2	-1.2%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	8.2	-1.2%
71st	Albania	8.3	0.0%
72nd	Nauru	8.3	-5.7%
73rd	Kosovo	8.3	-4.6%
74th	Oman	8.4	-1.2%
75th	Armenia	8.9	-4.3%
76th	Türkiye	9.1	13.8%
77th	Costa Rica	9.2	4.5%
78th	El Salvador	9.2	-3.2%
79th	Barbados	9.3	-3.1%
80th	São Tomé and Principe	9.4	-4.1%
81st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	9.9	-3.9%
82nd	Nicaragua	10.3	-3.7%
83rd	Panama	10.6	-4.5%
84th	Tunisia	10.6	-7.8%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.7	-2.7%
86th	Belize	10.8	-0.9%
87th	Mexico	10.8	-2.7%
88th	Colombia	10.9	-3.5%
89th	Cabo Verde	11.0	-4.3%
90th	Ecuador	11.1	-0.9%
91st	Bahamas, The	11.4	-1.7%
92nd	Mongolia	11.4	-1.7%
93rd	British Virgin Islands	11.6	-3.3%
94th	Jordan	12.2	-3.2%
95th	Brazil	12.5	-0.8%
96th	Uzbekistan	12.7	-3.1%
97th	Samoa	12.8	-2.3%
98th	Seychelles	13.1	-1.5%
99th	Azerbaijan	13.3	-5.7%
100th	Honduras	13.3	-2.9%
101st	Moldova	13.5	-0.7%
102nd	Mauritius	13.5	-2.2%
103rd	Peru	13.5	-2.2%
104th	Viet Nam	14.0	-2.1%
105th	Vanuatu	14.2	-1.4%
106th	St. Kitts and Nevis	14.3	-2.7%
107th	St. Lucia	14.3	-0.7%
108th	West Bank and Gaza	14.3	16.3%
109th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.5	1.4%
110th	Kyrgyz Republic	14.9	-1.3%
111th	Paraguay	15.1	-3.2%
112th	Suriname	15.2	-3.2%
113th	Morocco	15.5	-3.1%
114th	Libya	15.9	89.3%
115th	Lebanon	16.0	6.0%
116th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	16.1	-3.6%
117th	Solomon Islands	16.5	-2.9%
118th	Grenada	16.7	-1.2%
119th	Indonesia	17.0	-2.9%
120th	Tuvalu	17.1	-3.4%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	17.2	-2.3%
122nd	Guatemala	17.9	-2.7%
123rd	Jamaica	18.3	0.0%
124th	Bhutan	18.5	-3.1%
125th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.0	-2.6%
126th	Palau	19.1	-2.1%
127th	Algeria	19.7	-1.5%
128th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20.0	-3.4%
129th	Cambodia	20.3	-3.8%
130th	Micronesia, Federated States of	20.8	-3.3%
131st	Iraq	20.8	-3.3%
132nd	Philippines	22.1	-1.3%
133rd	Tajikistan	22.9	-0.9%
134th	Nepal	23.3	-3.7%
135th	Marshall Islands	23.5	-3.3%
136th	Fiji	23.8	1.3%
137th	Guyana	23.8	-3.3%
138th	Bangladesh	24.4	0.0%
139th	South Africa	24.4	-0.4%
140th	India	24.5	-4.3%
141st	Eritrea	25.5	-3.4%
142nd	Gabon	26.5	-2.6%
143rd	Congo, Republic of	27.6	-3.2%
144th	Uganda	27.6	-3.8%
145th	Ghana	28.2	-3.4%
146th	Dominican Republic	28.4	-2.4%
147th	Malawi	29.4	-3.6%
148th	Tanzania	29.9	-4.2%
149th	Senegal	30.2	-3.8%
150th	Rwanda	30.5	-1.0%
151st	Zambia	30.9	-4.0%
152nd	Mauritania	31.0	-3.1%
153rd	Turkmenistan	31.2	-2.5%
154th	Burundi	31.5	-2.8%
155th	Papua New Guinea	32.0	-3.0%
156th	Dominica	33.1	1.2%
157th	Gambia, The	33.8	-3.2%
158th	Myanmar	34.1	-3.1%
159th	Kenya	34.7	-3.1%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	34.7	-2.8%
161st	Lao PDR	35.2	-3.3%
162nd	Comoros	35.7	-3.0%
163rd	Togo	35.9	-2.7%
164th	Timor-Leste	35.9	-2.7%
165th	Botswana	38.2	-2.6%
166th	Angola	38.3	-3.3%
167th	Namibia	38.4	-3.3%
168th	Sudan	39.2	-2.7%
169th	Kiribati	39.7	-2.2%
170th	Haiti	40.3	-2.9%
171st	Zimbabwe	40.6	-3.8%
172nd	Cameroon	41.2	-3.1%
173rd	Guinea-Bissau	43.1	-2.7%
174th	Eswatini	43.5	-2.5%
175th	Madagascar	44.2	-1.1%
176th	Djibouti	44.4	-3.3%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.5	-2.8%
178th	Burkina Faso	44.8	-2.8%
179th	Mozambique	45.4	-2.4%
180th	Benin	46.4	-2.7%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	46.6	-2.7%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	49.1	-3.5%
183rd	Pakistan	50.1	-3.3%
184th	Afghanistan	50.4	-3.1%
185th	Liberia	52.6	-2.4%
186th	Lesotho	55.4	-3.8%
187th	Sierra Leone	56.2	-3.1%
188th	Mali	57.6	-2.4%
189th	Chad	58.7	-2.7%
190th	Nigeria	60.1	-2.4%
191st	Central African Republic	60.4	-68.1%
192nd	Guinea	61.5	-2.5%
193rd	Niger	67.4	-1.3%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	67.8	-24.6%
195th	South Sudan	72.6	0.0%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2023?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2023 was 60.1. This ranked 190th globally.

How did Nigeria's infant mortality rate change in 2023?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.4% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2023?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2023 at 72.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2023?▾

The infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2023 was 60.1. This ranked 190th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Nigeria's infant mortality rate?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate went from 61.6 in 2022 to 60.1 in 2023, a 2.4% decrease.

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