Ethiopia vs Somalia
Ethiopia vs Somalia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 10.1 per 100 live births in Somalia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Somalia, by 5.7 per 100 live births, or 2.27 times that in Ethiopia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Somalia has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Ethiopia.
- In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 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 | Ethiopia | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 10.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 15.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 13 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 6.4 | 13.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 7.5 | 18.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 36.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8.3 | 18.7 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 8.7 | 16.2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 9.2 | 16.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 17.1 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 17.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 10.8 | 17.3 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 12.1 | 17.3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 13.4 | 17.3 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 14 | 17.3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 18.6 | 36.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 19.2 | 37.7 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 19.7 | 36.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 20.2 | 18 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 20.7 | 18.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 21.1 | 18.7 | 10 |
| 1987 | 21.5 | 19 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 30 | 19.2 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 30.6 | 19.4 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 31.7 | 19.7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 32.3 | 20 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 23.6 | 20.4 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 23.9 | – | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 24.2 | – | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 24.4 | – | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 24.6 | – | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 24.6 | – | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 24.7 | – | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 28.5 | – | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 28.6 | – | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 28.8 | – | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 28.9 | – | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 24.9 | – | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 25 | – | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 25 | – | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 25 | – | 15 |
| 1967 | 25.1 | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 25.1 | – | 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
Ethiopia vs Somalia
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025