Niger vs Somalia: Burden of disease
Niger
73,791 DALYs per 100,000 people
in 2021
Somalia
79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people
in 2021
Niger rank
4th
Somalia rank
3rd
Burden of disease over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people against 73,791 DALYs per 100,000 people in Niger, a difference of 5,662 DALYs per 100,000 people.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 4th 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 | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 110,643 DALYs per 100,000 people | 113,278 DALYs per 100,000 people | 2,635 DALYs per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 79,769 DALYs per 100,000 people | 95,432 DALYs per 100,000 people | 15,663 DALYs per 100,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 73,901 DALYs per 100,000 people | 78,826 DALYs per 100,000 people | 4,924 DALYs per 100,000 people | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher burden of disease, Niger or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 79,453 DALYs per 100,000 people against 73,791 DALYs per 100,000 people in Niger as of 2021.
- What is the difference in burden of disease between Niger and Somalia?
- 5,662 DALYs per 100,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for burden of disease?
- Niger ranks 4th 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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About this data
Estimated number of DALYs from all causes in both sexes, per 100,000 people.