What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, under-5

Somalia

101.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

71.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Somalia rank

3rd

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 101.1 per 1,000 live births against 71.2 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 29.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 197 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	233.1 per 1,000 live births	171.1 per 1,000 live births	62 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2000s	171.14 per 1,000 live births	124.65 per 1,000 live births	46.49 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2010s	169.27 per 1,000 live births	86.73 per 1,000 live births	82.54 per 1,000 live births	Somalia
2020s	114.84 per 1,000 live births	75.14 per 1,000 live births	39.7 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, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Somalia, at 101.1 per 1,000 live births against 71.2 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 29.9 per 1,000 live births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Somalia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa 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 (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.