Guinea vs Somalia: Mortality rate, infant, female

Guinea
53.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
7th
Somalia rank
4th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Guinea
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 60 per 1,000 live births against 53.2 per 1,000 live births in Guinea, a difference of 6.8 per 1,000 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 197 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 136.04 per 1,000 live births 99.89 per 1,000 live births 36.16 per 1,000 live births Guinea
1990s 109.29 per 1,000 live births 131.67 per 1,000 live births 22.38 per 1,000 live births Somalia
2000s 76 per 1,000 live births 95.93 per 1,000 live births 19.93 per 1,000 live births Somalia
2010s 63.17 per 1,000 live births 97.42 per 1,000 live births 34.25 per 1,000 live births Somalia
2020s 55.8 per 1,000 live births 67.48 per 1,000 live births 11.68 per 1,000 live births Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Guinea or Somalia?
Somalia, at 60 per 1,000 live births against 53.2 per 1,000 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Guinea and Somalia?
6.8 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant, female?
Guinea ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.