Somalia vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Somalia
95.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
91.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia rank
3rd
South Sudan rank
4th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Somalia
- South Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 95.2 per 1,000 live births against 91.5 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan, a difference of 3.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was South Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and South Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 183.13 per 1,000 live births | 354.93 per 1,000 live births | 171.8 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 225.2 per 1,000 live births | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 58.48 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 163.72 per 1,000 live births | 138.57 per 1,000 live births | 25.15 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 162.44 per 1,000 live births | 157.28 per 1,000 live births | 5.16 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 108.74 per 1,000 live births | 91.44 per 1,000 live births | 17.3 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Somalia or South Sudan?
- Somalia, at 95.2 per 1,000 live births against 91.5 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Somalia and South Sudan?
- 3.7 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 4th 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.