What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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.

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, infant

Somalia

65.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

47.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia rank

4th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

6th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 65.4 per 1,000 live births against 47.1 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 18.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

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

Somalia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	138.78 per 1,000 live births	98.92 per 1,000 live births	39.86 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	102.83 per 1,000 live births	74.9 per 1,000 live births	27.93 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	103.85 per 1,000 live births	55.13 per 1,000 live births	48.72 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	73.14 per 1,000 live births	49.22 per 1,000 live births	23.92 per 1,000 live births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Somalia, at 65.4 per 1,000 live births against 47.1 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 18.3 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Somalia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th 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 (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.