Nigeria's life expectancy rose from 45.9 yrs in 1995 to 54.6 yrs in 2024.
Nigeria · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Nigeria's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 46.6 yrs in 2000 to 54.9 yrs in 2021.
Nigeria's infant mortality fell from 104.2 ‰ in 1995 to 69.8 ‰ in 2024.
Nigeria's under-5 mortality rate fell from 201.0 ‰ in 1995 to 115.6 ‰ in 2024.
Nigeria's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,193.0 /100k in 1994 to 993.0 /100k in 2023.
Nigeria's ncd mortality fell from 20.9 % in 2000 to 17.7 % in 2021.
Nigeria's suicide mortality rate fell from 5.3 /100k in 2000 to 5.0 /100k in 2021.
Nigeria's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 29.2 /100k in 2000 to 20.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.0 pts150th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −25.4 %161st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −3.8 pts187th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −1.6 %46th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +49.0 %95th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −70.0 %103rd of 106*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts180th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts175th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts117th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisunchanged +0.0 %179th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.4 pts128th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.1 pts106th of 141