What is child mortality in Somalia?

Child mortality in Somalia was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Somalia?

The highest recorded value was 45.2 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Somalia?

The lowest recorded value was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Somalia rank for child mortality?

Somalia ranks 3rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Somalia?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Somalia data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Somalia

Name: Child mortality in Somalia
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Somalia: Child mortality was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

10.11 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

3rd

of 203 countries

All-time high

45.2 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

10.11 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Somalia, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, child mortality in Somalia stood at 10.11 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Somalia peaked at 45.2 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 10.11 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Somalia 3rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Somalia, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	45.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	45.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	45.17 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	45.16 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	45.13 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	45.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	45.01 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	44.96 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	44.9 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	44.83 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1906	44.76 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	44.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	44.59 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	44.49 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	44.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	44.29 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	44.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1913	44.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	43.87 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1916	43.77 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1917	43.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1918	43.55 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1919	43.45 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1920	43.34 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1921	43.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1922	43.13 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1923	43.02 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1924	42.92 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1925	42.81 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1926	42.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1927	42.6 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1928	42.49 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1929	42.39 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1930	42.28 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1931	41.9 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1932	41.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1933	41.15 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1934	40.77 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1935	40.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1936	40.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1937	39.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1938	39.29 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1939	38.92 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1940	38.55 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1941	38.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1942	37.82 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1943	37.46 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1944	37.1 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1945	36.74 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1946	35.51 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1947	34.41 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1948	33.25 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1949	32.22 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1950	31.11 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1951	30.89 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1952	30.47 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1953	30.05 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1954	29.63 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1955	29.23 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1956	28.83 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1957	28.43 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1958	28.05 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1959	27.67 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1960	27.29 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1961	26.91 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1962	26.53 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1963	26.16 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1964	25.78 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1965	25.41 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1966	25.04 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1967	24.69 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1968	24.34 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1969	24.01 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1970	23.69 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1971	23.37 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1972	23.05 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1973	22.73 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1974	22.4 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1975	22.08 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1976	21.75 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1977	21.42 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1978	21.1 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1979	20.78 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1980	20.48 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1981	20.19 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1982	20.38 deaths per 100 live births	+1.0%
1983	20.01 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1984	19.66 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1985	19.39 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1986	19.17 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
1987	18.96 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1988	18.7 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1989	18.4 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1990	18.04 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1991	36.65 deaths per 100 live births	+103.1%
1992	37.66 deaths per 100 live births	+2.7%
1993	36.83 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1994	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	-53.0%
1995	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1996	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1997	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1998	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1999	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2000	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2001	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2002	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2003	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2004	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2005	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
2006	17.26 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
2007	17.05 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
2008	16.67 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
2009	16.24 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
2010	18.67 deaths per 100 live births	+15.0%
2011	36.31 deaths per 100 live births	+94.5%
2012	18.54 deaths per 100 live births	-48.9%
2013	14.32 deaths per 100 live births	-22.7%
2014	13.86 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2015	13.43 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2016	13.02 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2017	15.64 deaths per 100 live births	+20.2%
2018	13.64 deaths per 100 live births	-12.8%
2019	11.84 deaths per 100 live births	-13.2%
2020	11.47 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2021	11.1 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2022	14.31 deaths per 100 live births	+28.9%
2023	10.43 deaths per 100 live births	-27.1%
2024	10.11 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%

Somalia compared with similar countries

Somalia's 10.11 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.16 deaths per 100 live births, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Somalia's 10.11 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.89 deaths per 100 live births, 2.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Child mortality in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1991	+103.1%	18.04 deaths per 100 live births	36.65 deaths per 100 live births
2011	+94.5%	18.67 deaths per 100 live births	36.31 deaths per 100 live births
1994	-53.0%	36.83 deaths per 100 live births	17.32 deaths per 100 live births
2012	-48.9%	36.31 deaths per 100 live births	18.54 deaths per 100 live births
2022	+28.9%	11.1 deaths per 100 live births	14.31 deaths per 100 live births
2023	-27.1%	14.31 deaths per 100 live births	10.43 deaths per 100 live births

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	45.18 deaths per 100 live births	45.13 deaths per 100 live births	45.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	44.84 deaths per 100 live births	44.49 deaths per 100 live births	45.1 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	43.92 deaths per 100 live births	43.45 deaths per 100 live births	44.4 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	42.86 deaths per 100 live births	42.39 deaths per 100 live births	43.34 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	40.59 deaths per 100 live births	38.92 deaths per 100 live births	42.28 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	36.12 deaths per 100 live births	32.22 deaths per 100 live births	38.55 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	29.44 deaths per 100 live births	27.67 deaths per 100 live births	31.11 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	25.62 deaths per 100 live births	24.01 deaths per 100 live births	27.29 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	22.24 deaths per 100 live births	20.78 deaths per 100 live births	23.69 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	19.53 deaths per 100 live births	18.4 deaths per 100 live births	20.48 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	23.31 deaths per 100 live births	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	37.66 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	17.12 deaths per 100 live births	16.24 deaths per 100 live births	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	16.93 deaths per 100 live births	11.84 deaths per 100 live births	36.31 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	11.48 deaths per 100 live births	10.11 deaths per 100 live births	14.31 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Somalia

1 Nigeria 11.56 deaths per 100 live births compare
2 Niger 11.07 deaths per 100 live births compare
4 Chad 9.73 deaths per 100 live births compare
5 South Sudan 9.67 deaths per 100 live births compare
6 Guinea 9.21 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Somalia

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8681 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 182 (2013)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0897 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Somalia?: Child mortality in Somalia was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Somalia?: The highest recorded value was 45.2 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Somalia?: The lowest recorded value was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Somalia rank for child mortality?: Somalia ranks 3rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Somalia?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Somalia data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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