Niger vs Somalia: Number of child deaths per woman
Niger
0.7429 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Somalia
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Niger rank
1st
Somalia rank
3rd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in Somalia, a difference of 0.184 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.3 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 3rd of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.65 under-five deaths per woman | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 1.23 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 1990s | 2.23 under-five deaths per woman | 1.76 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4731 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 2000s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0907 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.9197 under-five deaths per woman | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.27 under-five deaths per woman | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.7875 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6797 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1078 under-five deaths per woman | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Niger or Somalia?
- Niger, at 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman against 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Niger and Somalia?
- 0.184 under-five deaths per woman, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Niger ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 3rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).