Maldives vs Somalia: Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre

Maldives
0.1141 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Somalia
0.126 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives rank
38th
Somalia rank
36th

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

  • Maldives
  • Somalia
012345196719952023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.126 units per square kilometre against 0.1141 units per square kilometre in Maldives, a difference of 0.0119 units per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 38th and Somalia ranks 36th of 194 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Somalia Difference Ahead
1980s 2.88 units per square kilometre 0.1024 units per square kilometre 2.78 units per square kilometre Maldives
1990s 1.78 units per square kilometre 0.1342 units per square kilometre 1.65 units per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 0.4823 units per square kilometre 0.1332 units per square kilometre 0.3491 units per square kilometre Maldives
2010s 0.2487 units per square kilometre 0.1663 units per square kilometre 0.0824 units per square kilometre Maldives
2020s 0.126 units per square kilometre 0.1388 units per square kilometre 0.0128 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, Maldives or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.126 units per square kilometre against 0.1141 units per square kilometre in Maldives as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre between Maldives and Somalia?
0.0119 units per square kilometre, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Somalia?
36 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Somalia rank globally for number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre?
Maldives ranks 38th and Somalia ranks 36th of 194 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
195 places, 10,428 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.