Nigeria vs South Africa: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) was 115.60, compared to South Africa's 35.10. That makes Nigeria's value 229.3% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #1 of 196 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 115.60
- Year-over-year
- -1.0%
- 10-year change
- -2.6%
- Peak
- 145.80 (2005)
- Trough
- 115.60 (2024)
South Africa
Rank #53 of 196 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 35.10
- Year-over-year
- +0.9%
- 10-year change
- -11.6%
- Peak
- 79.80 (2005)
- Trough
- 33.90 (2020)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.DYN.MORT), CC BY 4.0.