What is the difference in stillbirth rate between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

12.7 per 1,000 total births, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Stillbirth rate

Somalia

34.9 per 1,000 total births

in 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa

22.2 per 1,000 total births

in 2023

Somalia rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Stillbirth rate over time

Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 34.9 per 1,000 total births against 22.2 per 1,000 total births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 12.7 per 1,000 total births.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 197 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	41.27 per 1,000 total births	28.33 per 1,000 total births	12.94 per 1,000 total births	Somalia
2010s	36.39 per 1,000 total births	24.4 per 1,000 total births	11.99 per 1,000 total births	Somalia
2020s	34.95 per 1,000 total births	22.5 per 1,000 total births	12.45 per 1,000 total births	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher stillbirth rate, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Somalia, at 34.9 per 1,000 total births against 22.2 per 1,000 total births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in stillbirth rate between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 12.7 per 1,000 total births, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for stillbirth rate?: Somalia ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Stillbirth rate. Statizoid, drawing on Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/stillbirth-rate-per-1-000-total-births/somalia-fed-rep/sub-saharan-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/stillbirth-rate-per-1-000-total-births/somalia-fed-rep/sub-saharan-africa/">Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Stillbirth rate</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births)
Unit: per 1,000 total births
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 5,760 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Stillbirth rate is the number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation per 1,000 total births. Total birth is the sum of stillbirths (as just defined) and live births.