What is the difference in child mortality rate between Somalia and South Sudan?

0.44 deaths per 100 live births, with Somalia ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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.

Somalia vs South Sudan: Child mortality rate

Somalia

10.11 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

South Sudan

9.67 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Somalia rank

3rd

South Sudan rank

5th

Child mortality rate over time

Somalia
South Sudan

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.67 deaths per 100 live births in South Sudan, a difference of 0.44 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was South Sudan ahead.

Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 5th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and South Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	19.33 deaths per 100 live births	35.07 deaths per 100 live births	15.74 deaths per 100 live births	South Sudan
1990s	23.31 deaths per 100 live births	28.91 deaths per 100 live births	5.59 deaths per 100 live births	South Sudan
2000s	17.12 deaths per 100 live births	14.39 deaths per 100 live births	2.73 deaths per 100 live births	Somalia
2010s	16.93 deaths per 100 live births	16.24 deaths per 100 live births	0.6834 deaths per 100 live births	Somalia
2020s	11.48 deaths per 100 live births	9.67 deaths per 100 live births	1.81 deaths per 100 live births	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 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.67 deaths per 100 live births in South Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Somalia and South Sudan?: 0.44 deaths per 100 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for child mortality rate?: Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 5th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .