Somalia vs Upper middle income: Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre

Somalia
0.126 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0092 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Somalia rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
33rd

Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre over time

  • Somalia
  • Upper middle income
00.10.20.30.4198820052023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.126 units per square kilometre against 0.0092 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.1168 units per square kilometre.

That makes Somalia's figure about 13.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 33rd of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1342 units per square kilometre 0.0504 units per square kilometre 0.0837 units per square kilometre Somalia
2000s 0.1332 units per square kilometre 0.0259 units per square kilometre 0.1073 units per square kilometre Somalia
2010s 0.1663 units per square kilometre 0.0154 units per square kilometre 0.1509 units per square kilometre Somalia
2020s 0.1388 units per square kilometre 0.01 units per square kilometre 0.1288 units per square kilometre Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre, Somalia or Upper middle income?
Somalia, at 0.126 units per square kilometre against 0.0092 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre between Somalia and Upper middle income?
0.1168 units per square kilometre, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Upper middle income?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Upper middle income rank globally for number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre?
Somalia ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 33rd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
242 places, 12,018 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Number of under-five deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.