Contact Contacts
Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Somalia

Under-five mortality rate in Somalia in 2024 — 101.1 per 1,000. Ranked 194 in the world out of 196. Since 1982, the indicator has fallen by 50.4%.

2024 101.1 per 1,000 −3.07% vs 2023
World rank 194of 196
Period maximum 376.6 per 1,0001992
Period minimum 101.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1982–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Somalia, 1982–202401002003004001982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 203.8 per 1,0001983: 200.1 per 1,0001984: 196.6 per 1,0001985: 193.9 per 1,0001986: 191.7 per 1,0001987: 189.6 per 1,0001988: 187 per 1,0001989: 184 per 1,0001990: 180.4 per 1,0001991: 366.5 per 1,0001992: 376.6 per 1,0001993: 368.3 per 1,0001994: 173.2 per 1,0001995: 173.2 per 1,0001996: 173.2 per 1,0001997: 173.2 per 1,0001998: 173.2 per 1,0001999: 173.2 per 1,0002000: 173.2 per 1,0002001: 173.2 per 1,0002002: 173.2 per 1,0002003: 173.2 per 1,0002004: 173.2 per 1,0002005: 173.2 per 1,0002006: 172.6 per 1,0002007: 170.5 per 1,0002008: 166.7 per 1,0002009: 162.4 per 1,0002010: 186.7 per 1,0002011: 363.1 per 1,0002012: 185.4 per 1,0002013: 143.2 per 1,0002014: 138.6 per 1,0002015: 134.3 per 1,0002016: 130.2 per 1,0002017: 156.4 per 1,0002018: 136.4 per 1,0002019: 118.4 per 1,0002020: 114.7 per 1,0002021: 111 per 1,0002022: 143.1 per 1,0002023: 104.3 per 1,0002024: 101.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −102.7 (−50.39%) Average annual rate: -1.66 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia

Somalia 101.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 101.1 −3.2 −3.07%
2023 104.3 −38.8 −27.11%
2022 143.1 +32.1 +28.92%
2021 111 −3.7 −3.23%
2020 114.7 −3.7 −3.13%
2019 118.4 −18 −13.2%
2018 136.4 −20 −12.79%
2017 156.4 +26.2 +20.12%
2016 130.2 −4.1 −3.05%
2015 134.3 −4.3 −3.1%
2014 138.6 −4.6 −3.21%
2013 143.2 −42.2 −22.76%
2012 185.4 −177.7 −48.94%
2011 363.1 +176.4 +94.48%
2010 186.7 +24.3 +14.96%
2009 162.4 −4.3 −2.58%
2008 166.7 −3.8 −2.23%
2007 170.5 −2.1 −1.22%
2006 172.6 −0.6 −0.35%
2005 173.2 +0 +0%
2004 173.2 +0 +0%
2003 173.2 +0 +0%
2002 173.2 +0 +0%
2001 173.2 +0 +0%
2000 173.2 +0 +0%
1999 173.2 +0 +0%
1998 173.2 +0 +0%
1997 173.2 +0 +0%
1996 173.2 +0 +0%
1995 173.2 +0 +0%
1994 173.2 −195.1 −52.97%
1993 368.3 −8.3 −2.2%
1992 376.6 +10.1 +2.76%
1991 366.5 +186.1 +103.16%
1990 180.4 −3.6 −1.96%
1989 184 −3 −1.6%
1988 187 −2.6 −1.37%
1987 189.6 −2.1 −1.1%
1986 191.7 −2.2 −1.13%
1985 193.9 −2.7 −1.37%
1984 196.6 −3.5 −1.75%
1983 200.1 −3.7 −1.82%
1982 203.8 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 14 MU Mauritius 15.4 ER Eritrea 34.3 TZ Tanzania 37 RW Rwanda 37.7 KE Kenya 38.8 KM Comoros 39 ET Ethiopia 44.5 BI Burundi 47.1 ZM Zambia 48.4 UG Uganda 48.7 MW Malawi 48.8 DJ Djibouti 48.9 MZ Mozambique 59.4 MG Madagascar 62.4 ZW Zimbabwe 64.7 SS South Sudan 96.7 SO Somalia 101.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Other indicators for Somalia

Mortality Infant mortality rate

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births.

Somalia by year Mortality Maternal mortality ratio

The number of deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births.

Somalia by year Diseases Malaria deaths

How many people die of malaria in a year. More than 90% of these deaths occur in Africa.

Somalia by year Nutrition Underweight children

The share of children under 5 whose weight is insufficient for their age.

Somalia by year
All indicators for Somalia