What is the difference in burden of disease between Chad and Somalia?

10,652 DALYs per 100,000 people, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?

22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Burden of disease. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Somalia: Burden of disease

Chad

68,801 DALYs per 100,000 people

in 2021

Somalia

79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people

in 2021

Chad rank

5th

Somalia rank

3rd

Burden of disease over time

Chad
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people against 68,801 DALYs per 100,000 people in Chad, a difference of 10,652 DALYs per 100,000 people.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 194 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	106,919 DALYs per 100,000 people	113,278 DALYs per 100,000 people	6,359 DALYs per 100,000 people	Somalia
2010s	81,826 DALYs per 100,000 people	95,432 DALYs per 100,000 people	13,606 DALYs per 100,000 people	Somalia
2020s	69,301 DALYs per 100,000 people	78,826 DALYs per 100,000 people	9,525 DALYs per 100,000 people	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher burden of disease, Chad or Somalia?: Somalia, at 79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people against 68,801 DALYs per 100,000 people in Chad as of 2021.
What is the difference in burden of disease between Chad and Somalia?: 10,652 DALYs per 100,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for burden of disease?: Chad ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Burden of disease. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Burden of disease
Unit: DALYs per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,263 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of DALYs from all causes in both sexes, per 100,000 people.