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

14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria 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.

Nigeria vs Somalia: Mortality rate, under-5

Nigeria

115.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia

101.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria rank

1st

Somalia rank

3rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Nigeria
Somalia

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 101.1 per 1,000 live births in Somalia, a difference of 14.5 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 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	207.45 per 1,000 live births	193.34 per 1,000 live births	14.11 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
1990s	199.41 per 1,000 live births	233.1 per 1,000 live births	33.69 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	150.54 per 1,000 live births	171.14 per 1,000 live births	20.6 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	119.73 per 1,000 live births	169.27 per 1,000 live births	49.54 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	116.98 per 1,000 live births	114.84 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, Nigeria or Somalia?: Nigeria, at 115.6 per 1,000 live births against 101.1 per 1,000 live births in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Nigeria and Somalia?: 14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: 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 (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: 244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 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.