Guinea vs Somalia: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Guinea
9.21 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Somalia
10.11 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
6th
Somalia rank
3rd
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Guinea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea, a difference of 0.9 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.53 deaths per 100 live births | 19.33 deaths per 100 live births | 6.19 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 1990s | 20.37 deaths per 100 live births | 23.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2000s | 14.17 deaths per 100 live births | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.95 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 11.4 deaths per 100 live births | 16.93 deaths per 100 live births | 5.52 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 9.76 deaths per 100 live births | 11.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. gdp per capita, Guinea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 10.11 deaths per 100 live births against 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Guinea and Somalia?
- 0.9 deaths per 100 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Somalia?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Somalia rank globally for child mortality vs. gdp per capita?
- Guinea ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. GDP per capita. 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 deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .