Djibouti vs Somalia
Djibouti vs Somalia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 4.9 per 100 live births in Djibouti and 10.1 per 100 live births in Somalia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Somalia, by 5.2 per 100 live births, or 2.07 times that in Djibouti.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Somalia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1982.
- In 2024, Djibouti ranked 29 and Somalia ranked 3 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Djibouti | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 11.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 11.5 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 13 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 6.5 | 13.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 18.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 7.3 | 36.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7.6 | 18.7 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 7.8 | 16.2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 8 | 16.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 8.2 | 17.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 8.5 | 17.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 8.7 | 17.3 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 8.9 | 17.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 9.4 | 17.3 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 9.6 | 17.3 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 9.9 | 17.3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 10.1 | 17.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 10.2 | 17.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 10.6 | 17.3 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 10.7 | 17.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 10.8 | 17.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 11 | 36.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 11.1 | 37.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 11.3 | 36.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 11.5 | 18 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 11.8 | 18.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 12.1 | 18.7 | 10 |
| 1987 | 12.4 | 19 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 12.7 | 19.2 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 13.1 | 19.4 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 13.5 | 19.7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 13.9 | 20 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 14.3 | 20.4 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 14.7 | – | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 15.1 | – | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 15.5 | – | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 16 | – | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 16.5 | – | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 17 | – | 12.8 |
| 1975 | – | – | 13.1 |
| 1974 | – | – | 13.3 |
| 1973 | – | – | 13.5 |
| 1972 | – | – | 13.7 |
| 1971 | – | – | 13.9 |
| 1970 | – | – | 14.2 |
| 1969 | – | – | 14.6 |
| 1968 | – | – | 15 |
| 1967 | – | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | – | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | – | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | – | 17 |
| 1961 | – | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Djibouti vs Somalia
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDjibouti: $51.7M in 2008Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDjibouti: 13,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025