# Infant mortality rate in Nigeria

Infant mortality rate in Nigeria was 69.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/nigeria
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=ng

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 69.8 |
| 2023 | 70.1 |
| 2022 | 70.2 |
| 2021 | 69.9 |
| 2020 | 69.5 |
| 2019 | 69.1 |
| 2018 | 68.7 |
| 2017 | 68.3 |
| 2016 | 68.1 |
| 2015 | 68 |
| 2014 | 68.1 |
| 2013 | 68.5 |
| 2012 | 69.1 |
| 2011 | 70 |
| 2010 | 71.1 |
| 2009 | 72.3 |
| 2008 | 73.8 |
| 2007 | 75.6 |
| 2006 | 77.7 |
| 2005 | 80 |
| 2004 | 82.7 |
| 2003 | 85.6 |
| 2002 | 88.6 |
| 2001 | 91.8 |
| 2000 | 94.9 |
| 1999 | 97.7 |
| 1998 | 100.2 |
| 1997 | 102.1 |
| 1996 | 103.4 |
| 1995 | 104.2 |
| 1994 | 104.6 |
| 1993 | 104.7 |
| 1992 | 104.7 |
| 1991 | 104.7 |
| 1990 | 104.7 |
| 1989 | 104.4 |
| 1988 | 104.2 |
| 1987 | 103.8 |
| 1986 | 103.4 |
| 1985 | 103 |
| 1984 | 102.8 |
| 1983 | 102.9 |
| 1982 | 103.5 |
| 1981 | 104.7 |
| 1980 | 106.5 |
| 1979 | 108.9 |
| 1978 | 111.9 |
| 1977 | 115.4 |
| 1976 | 119.3 |
| 1975 | 123.6 |
| 1974 | 128.3 |
| 1973 | 132.9 |
| 1972 | 137.7 |
| 1971 | 142.5 |
| 1970 | 206.6 |
| 1969 | 212.3 |
| 1968 | 217.9 |
| 1967 | 159.5 |
| 1966 | 163.5 |
| 1965 | 167.6 |
| 1964 | 171.7 |