Guinea vs Somalia: Infant mortality by sex
Guinea
6.6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Somalia
7.06 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
7th
Somalia rank
4th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Guinea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 7.06 deaths per 100 live births against 6.6 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea, a difference of 0.46 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th 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 | 15.41 deaths per 100 live births | 11.42 deaths per 100 live births | 3.98 deaths per 100 live births | Guinea |
| 1990s | 12.66 deaths per 100 live births | 14.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2000s | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | 10.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 7.85 deaths per 100 live births | 10.98 deaths per 100 live births | 3.13 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 6.95 deaths per 100 live births | 7.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9069 deaths per 100 live births | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Guinea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 7.06 deaths per 100 live births against 6.6 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Guinea and Somalia?
- 0.46 deaths per 100 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Somalia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Somalia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Guinea ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th 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 Infant mortality by sex. 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .