Niger vs Nigeria: Number of child deaths per woman

Niger
0.7429 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Nigeria
0.5759 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Niger rank
1st
Nigeria rank
2nd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Niger
  • Nigeria
0.511.522.5196219932024

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman in Nigeria, a difference of 0.167 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 200 countries.

Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 2.44 under-five deaths per woman 2.37 under-five deaths per woman 0.0614 under-five deaths per woman Niger
1970s 2.56 under-five deaths per woman 1.73 under-five deaths per woman 0.8239 under-five deaths per woman Niger
1980s 2.63 under-five deaths per woman 1.39 under-five deaths per woman 1.24 under-five deaths per woman Niger
1990s 2.23 under-five deaths per woman 1.25 under-five deaths per woman 0.9804 under-five deaths per woman Niger
2000s 1.37 under-five deaths per woman 0.9179 under-five deaths per woman 0.4554 under-five deaths per woman Niger
2010s 0.9197 under-five deaths per woman 0.6792 under-five deaths per woman 0.2405 under-five deaths per woman Niger
2020s 0.7875 under-five deaths per woman 0.601 under-five deaths per woman 0.1865 under-five deaths per woman Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Niger or Nigeria?
Niger, at 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Niger and Nigeria?
0.167 under-five deaths per woman, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Nigeria?
58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Niger and Nigeria rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Niger ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).