Somalia vs South Asia: Mortality rate, adult, female
Mortality rate, adult, female over time
- Somalia
- South Asia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 230.83 per 1,000 female adults against 118.19 per 1,000 female adults in South Asia, a difference of 112.64 per 1,000 female adults.
That makes Somalia's figure about 2.0 times South Asia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 15th and South Asia ranks 16th of 218 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 375.51 per 1,000 female adults | 369.79 per 1,000 female adults | 5.73 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 1970s | 360.3 per 1,000 female adults | 323.72 per 1,000 female adults | 36.58 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 1980s | 341.66 per 1,000 female adults | 248.49 per 1,000 female adults | 93.17 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 1990s | 368.07 per 1,000 female adults | 210.52 per 1,000 female adults | 157.55 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 2000s | 313.5 per 1,000 female adults | 165.87 per 1,000 female adults | 147.63 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 2010s | 303.73 per 1,000 female adults | 139.34 per 1,000 female adults | 164.38 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
| 2020s | 258.6 per 1,000 female adults | 135.18 per 1,000 female adults | 123.42 per 1,000 female adults | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Somalia or South Asia?
- Somalia, at 230.83 per 1,000 female adults against 118.19 per 1,000 female adults in South Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Somalia and South Asia?
- 112.64 per 1,000 female adults, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Asia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
- Somalia ranks 15th and South Asia ranks 16th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.