Liberia vs Somalia: Mortality rate, infant, female
Liberia
56.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia
60 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia rank
5th
Somalia rank
4th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Liberia
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 60 per 1,000 live births against 56.5 per 1,000 live births in Liberia, a difference of 3.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 144.81 per 1,000 live births | 99.89 per 1,000 live births | 44.93 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 1990s | 145.82 per 1,000 live births | 131.67 per 1,000 live births | 14.15 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 86.14 per 1,000 live births | 95.93 per 1,000 live births | 9.79 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 59.29 per 1,000 live births | 97.42 per 1,000 live births | 38.13 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 56.66 per 1,000 live births | 67.48 per 1,000 live births | 10.82 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, Liberia or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 60 per 1,000 live births against 56.5 per 1,000 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Liberia and Somalia?
- 3.5 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Somalia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Liberia ranks 5th 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
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.