Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.10% to 35.9 in Nigeria in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Nigeria reached an all time high of 69.4 in 1967 and an all time low of 35.9 in 2019. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 30.2, 26.8 in Cameroon, 33.3 in Chad and 24.6 in Niger in 2019.
Nigeria has been ranked 7th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 29.9 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 43.2 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 37.3 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 27.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.4 |
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