Which has higher number of youth deaths, Somalia or Tanzania, United Republic of?

Tanzania, United Republic of, at 108,555 deaths against 90,765 deaths in Somalia as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Somalia and Tanzania, United Republic of?

17,790 deaths, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tanzania, United Republic of?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Number of youth deaths

Somalia

90,765 deaths

in 2024

Tanzania, United Republic of

108,555 deaths

in 2024

Somalia rank

12th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

9th

Number of youth deaths over time

Somalia
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Tanzania, United Republic of currently reports 108,555 deaths against 90,765 deaths in Somalia, a difference of 17,790 deaths.

That makes Tanzania, United Republic of's figure about 1.2 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

Somalia ranks 12th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th of 199 countries.

Tanzania, United Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1990s	97,017 deaths	205,395 deaths	108,378 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	95,053 deaths	163,965 deaths	68,912 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2010s	121,577 deaths	124,828 deaths	3,251 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of
2020s	99,134 deaths	112,403 deaths	13,269 deaths	Tanzania, United Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Somalia or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Tanzania, United Republic of, at 108,555 deaths against 90,765 deaths in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Somalia and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 17,790 deaths, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Somalia and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Somalia ranks 12th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th 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 youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth 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, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.