Nigeria vs Somalia: Mortality rates at age 25
Nigeria
0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Somalia
0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nigeria rank
5th
Somalia rank
3rd
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Nigeria
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0133 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9209 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1456 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 1.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2521 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.8865 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8131 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0734 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.8264 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9475 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1211 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.8585 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1615 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.765 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7069 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0581 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.7072 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7576 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0505 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.6555 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6338 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0217 deaths per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Nigeria or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.6524 deaths per 1,000 people in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Nigeria and Somalia?
- 0.0133 deaths per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Nigeria ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.