What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Niger and Somalia?

0.96 deaths per 100 live births, with Niger ahead.

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

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 vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Niger vs Somalia: Child mortality vs. health spending

Niger

11.07 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Somalia

10.11 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Niger rank

2nd

Somalia rank

3rd

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Niger
Somalia

How they compare

Niger currently reports 11.07 deaths per 100 live births against 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in Somalia, a difference of 0.96 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	33.65 deaths per 100 live births	19.33 deaths per 100 live births	14.31 deaths per 100 live births	Niger
1990s	28.69 deaths per 100 live births	23.31 deaths per 100 live births	5.38 deaths per 100 live births	Niger
2000s	18 deaths per 100 live births	17.12 deaths per 100 live births	0.8846 deaths per 100 live births	Niger
2010s	12.7 deaths per 100 live births	16.93 deaths per 100 live births	4.23 deaths per 100 live births	Somalia
2020s	11.55 deaths per 100 live births	11.48 deaths per 100 live births	0.0717 deaths per 100 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Niger or Somalia?: Niger, at 11.07 deaths per 100 live births against 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Niger and Somalia?: 0.96 deaths per 100 live births, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?: Niger ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd 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 vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

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