What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Guinea and Somalia?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Somalia?

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Somalia: Mortality rate, under-5

Guinea

92.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

101.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

6th

Somalia rank

3rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Guinea
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 101.1 per 1,000 live births against 92.1 per 1,000 live births in Guinea, a difference of 9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	255.26 per 1,000 live births	193.34 per 1,000 live births	61.92 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1990s	203.68 per 1,000 live births	233.1 per 1,000 live births	29.42 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	141.7 per 1,000 live births	171.14 per 1,000 live births	29.44 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	114.04 per 1,000 live births	169.27 per 1,000 live births	55.23 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	97.58 per 1,000 live births	114.84 per 1,000 live births	17.26 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, Guinea or Somalia?: Somalia, at 101.1 per 1,000 live births against 92.1 per 1,000 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Guinea and Somalia?: 9 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Somalia?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Guinea ranks 6th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 196 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 (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, under-5 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.