What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between IDA total and Somalia?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

IDA total vs Somalia: Mortality rate, neonatal

IDA total

26.44 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA total rank

7th

Somalia rank

4th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

IDA total
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 26.44 per 1,000 live births in IDA total, a difference of 7.76 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times IDA total's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was IDA total ahead.

IDA total ranks 7th and Somalia ranks 4th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, IDA total averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	46.64 per 1,000 live births	45.52 per 1,000 live births	1.12 per 1,000 live births	IDA total
2000s	37.35 per 1,000 live births	45.28 per 1,000 live births	7.93 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	30.75 per 1,000 live births	41.1 per 1,000 live births	10.35 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	27.31 per 1,000 live births	35.6 per 1,000 live births	8.29 per 1,000 live births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, IDA total or Somalia?: Somalia, at 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 26.44 per 1,000 live births in IDA total as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between IDA total and Somalia?: 7.76 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Somalia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA total and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: IDA total 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.