Area Database (v4.2.1)

Child mortality
Infant mortality rate
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

Infant mortality rate

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 41.5 51.4 61.2 71.1 80.9 90.8 101 111 106 101 96.8 92.2 87.6 85.5 83.3 81.2 79.0 76.9 74.6 72.3 70.0 67.7 65.4 63.1 60.8 58.5
Abia 111 101 90.6 80.4 70.1 59.9 49.7 39.4 52.0 64.5 77.1 89.7 102 97.6 93.0 88.3 83.7 79.1 76.2 73.3 70.4 67.6 64.7 61.8 59.0 56.1
Abuja FCT 0.01 3.54 7.07 10.6 33.7 56.7 79.8 103 99.4 95.9 92.4 89.0 85.5 78.5 71.6 64.7 57.8 50.9 49.9 49.0 48.1 47.2 46.3 45.4 44.5 43.5
Adamawa 68.1 80.3 92.5 105 117 129 141 153 149 145 140 136 131 126 120 114 108 103 95.6 88.6 81.7 74.8 67.9 60.9 54.0 47.1
Akwa Ibom 81.4 83.7 86.0 88.3 90.5 92.8 95.1 97.4 94.3 91.2 88.1 85.0 81.9 76.4 70.8 65.3 59.7 54.2 57.4 60.6 63.9 67.1 70.3 73.6 76.8 80.0
Anambra 92.5 86.3 80.2 74.0 67.9 61.7 55.6 49.4 52.9 56.4 59.9 63.4 66.8 65.7 64.6 63.5 62.4 61.3 56.1 50.9 45.7 40.6 35.4 30.2 25.0 19.8
Bauchi 109 110 110 111 112 113 114 115 112 108 105 102 98.6 98.1 97.6 97.2 96.7 96.2 90.8 85.4 79.9 74.5 69.0 63.6 58.1 52.7
Bayelsa 0.01 8.18 16.3 24.5 42.5 60.6 78.6 96.6 103 110 116 122 129 115 100 86.1 71.9 57.6 50.6 43.6 36.6 29.5 22.5 15.5 8.46 1.43
Benue 0.01 14.1 28.2 42.3 61.1 79.9 98.8 118 116 114 113 111 110 106 101 97.4 93.4 89.3 79.5 69.7 59.9 50.1 40.3 30.5 20.7 10.9
Borno 0.01 15.3 30.7 46.0 67.6 89.3 111 132 134 135 137 138 140 120 99.3 79.1 58.8 38.6 41.3 44.1 46.8 49.6 52.4 55.1 57.9 60.6
Cross River 0.00 13.4 26.9 40.3 53.7 67.2 80.6 94.0 87.2 80.4 73.6 66.8 60.0 61.2 62.4 63.6 64.8 66.0 64.5 63.0 61.5 60.1 58.6 57.1 55.6 54.1
Delta 0.01 15.9 31.7 47.6 64.8 82.1 99.4 117 110 103 96.5 89.8 83.1 78.3 73.5 68.7 64.0 59.2 53.7 48.2 42.6 37.1 31.6 26.1 20.6 15.1
Ebonyi 0.01 27.2 54.4 81.6 109 137 164 191 174 157 139 122 105 106 108 110 111 113 102 90.6 79.4 68.1 56.8 45.6 34.3 23.1
Edo 120 123 126 129 132 135 138 141 128 115 102 89.5 76.7 70.3 63.9 57.4 51.0 44.6 46.0 47.4 48.8 50.2 51.7 53.1 54.5 55.9
Ekiti 103 106 109 112 115 118 121 124 111 98.5 86.0 73.6 61.1 62.6 64.0 65.5 67.0 68.5 66.3 64.0 61.8 59.6 57.4 55.1 52.9 50.7
Enugu 79.8 79.3 78.8 78.3 77.7 77.2 76.7 76.2 81.5 86.9 92.2 97.6 103 96.9 90.8 84.7 78.7 72.6 66.1 59.7 53.3 46.8 40.4 34.0 27.5 21.1
Gombe 57.5 66.0 74.6 83.2 91.7 100 109 117 112 107 102 97.4 92.4 90.0 87.5 85.1 82.7 80.2 84.9 89.6 94.2 98.9 104 108 113 118
Imo 119 104 88.5 73.2 57.9 42.6 27.2 11.9 32.2 52.4 72.7 93.0 113 105 96.6 88.3 79.9 71.6 68.0 64.4 60.8 57.2 53.6 49.9 46.3 42.7
Jigawa 12.0 31.3 50.5 69.8 89.1 108 128 147 131 116 100 84.9 69.3 75.0 80.7 86.5 92.2 97.9 94.4 91.0 87.6 84.1 80.7 77.3 73.9 70.4
Kaduna 29.1 40.3 51.5 62.7 73.9 85.1 96.2 107 103 99.3 95.3 91.2 87.2 76.8 66.4 56.0 45.6 35.3 47.6 60.0 72.4 84.8 97.2 110 122 134
Kano 84.8 85.8 86.8 87.8 88.8 89.7 90.7 91.7 95.5 99.3 103 107 111 104 97.8 91.3 84.9 78.4 75.2 72.0 68.7 65.5 62.3 59.0 55.8 52.6
Katsina 119 120 121 123 124 125 126 128 121 115 108 102 95.3 92.9 90.5 88.1 85.7 83.3 79.7 76.2 72.7 69.1 65.6 62.1 58.5 55.0
Kebbi 0.01 11.1 22.2 33.3 51.4 69.5 87.6 106 96.9 88.1 79.3 70.5 61.7 69.8 78.0 86.1 94.2 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118
Kogi 0.10 11.9 23.7 35.5 47.3 59.1 70.9 82.7 79.7 76.8 73.8 70.9 67.9 62.3 56.6 50.9 45.2 39.5 50.3 61.1 71.9 82.7 93.4 104 115 126
Kwara 48.8 44.0 39.2 34.4 29.6 24.7 19.9 15.1 20.6 26.1 31.6 37.0 42.5 42.5 42.4 42.4 42.3 42.2 44.1 46.1 48.0 49.9 51.8 53.7 55.6 57.5
Lagos 62.3 62.0 61.7 61.5 61.2 60.9 60.6 60.3 61.7 63.1 64.5 65.9 67.3 68.9 70.4 72.0 73.5 75.1 69.5 64.0 58.4 52.9 47.4 41.8 36.3 30.7
Nassarawa 0.01 21.1 42.1 63.2 87.4 112 136 160 143 126 110 92.9 76.1 75.6 75.1 74.5 74.0 73.5 71.5 69.6 67.6 65.7 63.7 61.8 59.8 57.9
Niger 57.1 63.7 70.4 77.1 83.7 90.4 97.0 104 97.5 91.4 85.2 79.0 72.8 69.4 66.0 62.5 59.1 55.7 55.9 56.1 56.3 56.5 56.7 56.9 57.1 57.3
Ogun 0.01 10.3 20.6 30.9 43.9 56.8 69.8 82.7 81.4 80.1 78.7 77.4 76.0 73.4 70.8 68.2 65.5 62.9 54.2 45.4 36.7 27.9 19.1 12.8 6.39 0.01
Ondo 66.4 68.4 70.4 72.3 74.3 76.3 78.3 80.2 74.0 67.8 61.6 55.4 49.2 54.7 60.2 65.7 71.2 76.7 71.2 65.7 60.1 54.6 49.1 43.6 38.1 32.5
Osun 0.01 16.9 33.7 50.6 67.8 85.1 102 120 104 87.7 71.7 55.7 39.7 40.0 40.2 40.4 40.7 40.9 42.1 43.3 44.5 45.7 47.0 48.2 49.4 50.6
Oyo 125 111 96.6 82.3 68.1 53.9 39.6 25.4 30.5 35.6 40.7 45.8 50.9 49.2 47.5 45.8 44.2 42.5 42.2 41.9 41.5 41.2 40.9 40.6 40.3 40.0
Plateau 20.3 31.0 41.8 52.5 63.2 74.0 84.7 95.5 91.3 87.1 82.9 78.8 74.6 77.7 80.7 83.8 86.9 89.9 85.0 80.1 75.1 70.2 65.3 60.4 55.4 50.5
Rivers 8.82 29.0 49.2 69.4 89.6 110 130 150 138 126 114 102 89.6 83.7 77.8 71.9 66.0 60.1 57.7 55.3 52.9 50.5 48.1 45.8 43.4 41.0
Sokoto 164 157 151 144 137 131 124 118 116 114 113 111 109 108 106 105 103 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102
Taraba 0.01 8.06 16.1 24.2 58.1 92.1 126 160 149 137 126 115 103 99.3 95.6 91.8 88.0 84.2 80.0 75.9 71.7 67.5 63.4 59.2 55.0 50.9
Yobe 21.0 31.8 42.6 53.4 64.2 75.0 85.9 96.7 92.5 88.3 84.1 79.9 75.7 74.3 72.9 71.5 70.0 68.6 73.0 77.3 81.7 86.1 90.4 94.8 99.1 104
Zamfora 0.01 11.2 22.3 33.4 61.4 89.5 117 145 133 121 108 95.9 83.5 95.2 107 119 130 142 127 111 96.2 80.9 65.6 50.3 35.0 19.7
Lighter numbers are estimates