Somalia vs South Sudan: Child mortality rate
Somalia
9.5%
in 2019
South Sudan
9.3%
in 2019
Somalia rank
9th
South Sudan rank
10th
Child mortality rate over time
- Somalia
- South Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 9.5% against 9.3% in South Sudan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 9th and South Sudan ranks 10th of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and South Sudan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 23.6% | 25.4% | 1.9% | South Sudan |
| 1960s | 22.5% | 24.0% | 1.5% | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 21.4% | 22.2% | 0.8% | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 19.8% | 20.9% | 1.1% | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 17.7% | 17.5% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 13.3% | 0.9% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 10.7% | 0.6% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Somalia or South Sudan?
- Somalia, at 9.5% against 9.3% in South Sudan as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Somalia and South Sudan?
- 0.2%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Somalia ranks 9th and South Sudan ranks 10th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of death before the age of five.