What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Low income and Somalia?

18.7 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Somalia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Low income vs Somalia: Mortality rate, infant

Low income

46.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

65.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Low income rank

7th

Somalia rank

4th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Low income
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 65.4 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income, a difference of 18.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Low income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Low income ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th of 47 groups.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	102.52 per 1,000 live births	138.78 per 1,000 live births	36.26 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	76.36 per 1,000 live births	102.83 per 1,000 live births	26.47 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	55.82 per 1,000 live births	103.85 per 1,000 live births	48.03 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	48.74 per 1,000 live births	73.14 per 1,000 live births	24.4 per 1,000 live births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Low income or Somalia?: Somalia, at 65.4 per 1,000 live births against 46.7 per 1,000 live births in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Low income and Somalia?: 18.7 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Somalia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Low income and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Low income ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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: 03 September 2026

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