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Under-Five Mortality by African country

115.6Nigeria · highest shown · 2024

Nigeria has the highest reported under-five mortality rate among the 54 countries shown, at 115.6 (2024).

Deaths before age five per 1,000 live births. 54 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

1Nigeria115.62Niger110.73Somalia101.1
#1 vs #5412×Nigeria vs Libya
Median48.4Zambia
Lowest9.76Libya

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
West Africa66.8
16 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
Central Africa60.4
9 countries shown · highest value: Chad
East Africa48.4
16 countries shown · highest value: Somalia
Southern Africa46.6
7 countries shown · highest value: Zimbabwe
North Africa23.9
6 countries shown · highest value: Sudan

Full ranking

54 of 54 countries
#CountryUnder-Five MortalityPeriod
1Nigeria
115.62024
2Niger
110.72024
3Somalia
101.12024
4Chad
97.32024
5South Sudan
96.72024
6Guinea
92.12024
7Sierra Leone
90.52024
8Central African Republic
89.72024
9Democratic Republic of the Congo
89.72024
10Liberia
86.42024
11Burkina Faso
74.92024
12Benin
74.72024
13Mali
732024
14Equatorial Guinea
682024
15Guinea-Bissau
67.32024
16Cameroon
64.82024
17Zimbabwe
64.72024
18Cote d'Ivoire
64.52024
19Madagascar
62.42024
20Sudan
61.62024
21Lesotho
602024
22Mozambique
59.42024
23Togo
56.12024
24Angola
492024
25Djibouti
48.92024
26Malawi
48.82024
27Uganda
48.72024
28Zambia
48.42024
29Burundi
47.12024
30Eswatini
45.12024
31Ethiopia
44.52024
32Gambia
42.42024
33Namibia
39.52024
34Republic of the Congo
39.12024
35Comoros
392024
36Kenya
38.82024
37Rwanda
37.72024
38Tanzania
372024
39Mauritania
36.92024
40Senegal
36.52024
41Ghana
35.92024
42South Africa
35.12024
43Eritrea
34.32024
44Botswana
33.32024
45Gabon
32.62024
46Egypt
22.42024
47Algeria
21.62024
48Morocco
15.72024
49Mauritius
15.42024
50Seychelles
142024
51Sao Tome and Principe
13.62024
52Tunisia
12.12024
53Cabo Verde
11.12024
54Libya
9.762024

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The table includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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