Niger vs Somalia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Niger
106.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia
95.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Niger rank
2nd
Somalia rank
3rd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Niger currently reports 106.5 per 1,000 live births against 95.2 per 1,000 live births in Somalia, a difference of 11.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 335.14 per 1,000 live births | 183.13 per 1,000 live births | 152.01 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 1990s | 283.23 per 1,000 live births | 225.2 per 1,000 live births | 58.03 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 2000s | 176.5 per 1,000 live births | 163.72 per 1,000 live births | 12.78 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
| 2010s | 123.18 per 1,000 live births | 162.44 per 1,000 live births | 39.26 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 111.28 per 1,000 live births | 108.74 per 1,000 live births | 2.54 per 1,000 live births | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Niger or Somalia?
- Niger, at 106.5 per 1,000 live births against 95.2 per 1,000 live births in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Niger and Somalia?
- 11.3 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Niger ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd 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, under-5, 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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.