Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.44% to 60.1 in Nigeria in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Nigeria reached an all time high of 186 in 1962 and an all time low of 60.1 in 2023. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 46.4, 41.2 in Cameroon, 58.7 in Chad and 67.4 in Niger in 2023.
Nigeria has been ranked 6th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | 21.3 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 54.4 | 53.1 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 53.1 | 51.6 | 50.2 | 48.7 | 47.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 49.7 | 48.1 | 46.8 | 45.3 | 43.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 87.4 | 74.0 | 124 | 74.5 | 93.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 69.2 | 67.4 | 65.5 | 63.6 | 61.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 31.7 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.5 | 28.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 9.80 | 9.50 | 9.20 | 9.00 | 8.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 66.6 | 65.1 | 63.7 | 62.1 | 60.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 69.4 | 69.4 | 69.5 | 69.4 | 69.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 68.6 | 67.4 | 66.1 | 64.7 | 63.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 46.5 | 45.3 | 44.0 | 42.8 | 41.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 42.7 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 39.1 | 38.0 |
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