What is the difference in number of child deaths between Mozambique and Somalia?

4,056 deaths, with Somalia ahead.

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

37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mozambique vs Somalia: Number of child deaths

Mozambique

74,215 deaths

in 2024

Somalia

78,271 deaths

in 2024

Mozambique rank

15th

Somalia rank

13th

Number of child deaths over time

Mozambique
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 78,271 deaths against 74,215 deaths in Mozambique, a difference of 4,056 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 15th and Somalia ranks 13th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	147,054 deaths	64,266 deaths	82,788 deaths	Mozambique
1990s	137,275 deaths	84,177 deaths	53,098 deaths	Mozambique
2000s	104,813 deaths	83,565 deaths	21,248 deaths	Mozambique
2010s	81,757 deaths	104,317 deaths	22,560 deaths	Somalia
2020s	76,461 deaths	85,330 deaths	8,869 deaths	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Mozambique or Somalia?: Somalia, at 78,271 deaths against 74,215 deaths in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Mozambique and Somalia?: 4,056 deaths, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Somalia?: 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Somalia rank globally for number of child deaths?: Mozambique ranks 15th and Somalia ranks 13th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .