Somalia vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Somalia
106.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
102.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Somalia rank
3rd
South Sudan rank
5th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Somalia
- South Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 106.4 per 1,000 live births against 102.1 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan, a difference of 4.3 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 5th 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 | 199.99 per 1,000 live births | 366.47 per 1,000 live births | 166.49 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 240.53 per 1,000 live births | 294.17 per 1,000 live births | 53.64 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 178.12 per 1,000 live births | 148.78 per 1,000 live births | 29.34 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2010s | 175.61 per 1,000 live births | 167.55 per 1,000 live births | 8.06 per 1,000 live births | Somalia |
| 2020s | 120.54 per 1,000 live births | 102.12 per 1,000 live births | 18.42 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, male, Somalia or South Sudan?
- Somalia, at 106.4 per 1,000 live births against 102.1 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Somalia and South Sudan?
- 4.3 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, male?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 5th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.