Somalia vs South Sudan: Mortality rates at age 25
Somalia
0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
South Sudan
0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Somalia rank
3rd
South Sudan rank
4th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Somalia
- South Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people in South Sudan, a difference of 0 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 4th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9209 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6619 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1960s | 0.8549 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.89 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 0.8131 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7544 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 0.9475 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.15 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.96 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 0.7069 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.653 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.054 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.7576 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2761 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.6338 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6572 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0234 deaths per 1,000 people | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Somalia or South Sudan?
- Somalia, at 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.6657 deaths per 1,000 people in South Sudan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Somalia and South Sudan?
- 0 deaths per 1,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Somalia ranks 3rd and South Sudan ranks 4th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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.