Nigeria vs Somalia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Nigeria
109.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia
95.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Nigeria rank
1st
Somalia rank
3rd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Nigeria
- Somalia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 109.5 per 1,000 live births against 95.2 per 1,000 live births in Somalia, a difference of 14.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 3rd of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 198.06 per 1,000 live births | 183.13 per 1,000 live births | 14.93 per 1,000 live births | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 190.34 per 1,000 live births | 225.2 per 1,000 live births | 34.86 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2000s | 142.56 per 1,000 live births | 163.72 per 1,000 live births | 21.16 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 113.09 per 1,000 live births | 162.44 per 1,000 live births | 49.35 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 110.88 per 1,000 live births | 108.74 per 1,000 live births | 2.14 per 1,000 live births | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Nigeria or Somalia?
- Nigeria, at 109.5 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 Nigeria and Somalia?
- 14.3 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Nigeria ranks 1st 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.