Nigeria vs Somalia: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Nigeria
0.5759 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Somalia
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Nigeria rank
2nd
Somalia rank
3rd
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Nigeria
- Somalia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in Somalia, a difference of 0.017 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Somalia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 200 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0454 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 1990s | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 1.76 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5073 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.9179 under-five deaths per woman | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3648 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.6792 under-five deaths per woman | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5105 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.601 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6797 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0787 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Nigeria or Somalia?
- Nigeria, at 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Nigeria and Somalia?
- 0.017 under-five deaths per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).