Somalia

Child mortality in Somalia

Child mortality in Somalia: 20.4 per 100 live births in 1982 and 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
10.1 per 100 live births
Since 1982
−10.3 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
3 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in SomaliaChild mortality in Somalia: 20.4 per 100 live births in 1982 and 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 37.7 per 100 live births in 1992, the lowest 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 37.7 per 100 live births in 1992, the lowest 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearSomaliaWorld
202410.13.7
202310.43.8
202214.34
202111.14
202011.53.9
201911.84
201813.64
201715.64.1
2016134.2
201513.44.3
201413.94.4
201314.34.5
201218.54.7
201136.35
201018.75.1
200916.25.3
200816.75.5
200717.15.7
200617.36
200517.36.2
200417.36.6
200317.36.8
200217.37.1
200117.37.4
200017.37.7
199917.37.9
199817.38.3
199717.38.4
199617.38.6
199517.38.8
199417.38.9
199336.89.1
199237.79.2
199136.79.3
1990189.4
198918.49.5
198818.710
1987199.9
198619.210.3
198519.410.6
198419.710.9
19832011.1
198220.411.2
1981–11.6
1980–11.9
1979–11.9
1978–12.3
1977–12.6
1976–12.8
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

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.

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