Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia
Somalia: Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia was 1,423 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia, 2000–2019
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia is 1,423, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia peaked at 1,423 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,136, in 2000.
That places Somalia 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,136 | — |
| 2001 | 1,174 | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,200 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,217 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1,234 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,254 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1,274 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,294 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,314 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 1,331 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,343 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,361 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,369 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,372 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,374 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,381 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,389 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,399 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,410 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,423 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,243 | 1,136 | 1,331 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,382 | 1,343 | 1,423 | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia?
- Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia in Somalia was 1,423 in 2019, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,423 in 2019.
- What is the lowest number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,136 in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia?
- Somalia ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia (thousands). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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