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Number of child deaths per woman in Somalia

Somalia: Number of child deaths per woman was 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
3rd
of 200 countries
All-time high
2.82 under-five deaths per woman
in 1992
All-time low
0.5589 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Years of data
43
1982–2024

Number of child deaths per woman in Somalia, 1982–2024

0.511.522.531982200320241982: 1.5 under-five deaths per woman1983: 1.5 under-five deaths per woman1984: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1985: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1986: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1987: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1988: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1989: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman1990: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1991: 2.7 under-five deaths per woman1992: 2.8 under-five deaths per woman1993: 2.8 under-five deaths per woman1994: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1995: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1996: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1997: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1998: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman1999: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2000: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2001: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2002: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2003: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2004: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2005: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2006: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2007: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2008: 1.2 under-five deaths per woman2009: 1.2 under-five deaths per woman2010: 1.4 under-five deaths per woman2011: 2.6 under-five deaths per woman2012: 1.3 under-five deaths per woman2013: 1 under-five deaths per woman2014: 0.978 under-five deaths per woman2015: 0.937 under-five deaths per woman2016: 0.897 under-five deaths per woman2017: 1.1 under-five deaths per woman2018: 0.904 under-five deaths per woman2019: 0.773 under-five deaths per woman2020: 0.736 under-five deaths per woman2021: 0.701 under-five deaths per woman2022: 0.817 under-five deaths per woman2023: 0.586 under-five deaths per woman2024: 0.559 under-five deaths per woman

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of child deaths per woman in Somalia is 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of child deaths per woman in Somalia peaked at 2.82 under-five deaths per woman in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman, in 2024.

That places Somalia 3rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.

Number of child deaths per woman in Somalia, year by year

Year under-five deaths per woman Change
1982 1.48 under-five deaths per woman —
1983 1.46 under-five deaths per woman -1.5%
1984 1.44 under-five deaths per woman -1.4%
1985 1.42 under-five deaths per woman -1.0%
1986 1.41 under-five deaths per woman -0.8%
1987 1.4 under-five deaths per woman -0.8%
1988 1.38 under-five deaths per woman -1.0%
1989 1.37 under-five deaths per woman -1.3%
1990 1.34 under-five deaths per woman -1.7%
1991 2.74 under-five deaths per woman +104.0%
1992 2.82 under-five deaths per woman +3.1%
1993 2.77 under-five deaths per woman -1.9%
1994 1.31 under-five deaths per woman -52.8%
1995 1.31 under-five deaths per woman +0.5%
1996 1.32 under-five deaths per woman +0.5%
1997 1.33 under-five deaths per woman +0.5%
1998 1.32 under-five deaths per woman -0.2%
1999 1.32 under-five deaths per woman -0.2%
2000 1.32 under-five deaths per woman -0.3%
2001 1.31 under-five deaths per woman -0.4%
2002 1.31 under-five deaths per woman -0.0%
2003 1.31 under-five deaths per woman -0.4%
2004 1.3 under-five deaths per woman -0.3%
2005 1.3 under-five deaths per woman -0.5%
2006 1.29 under-five deaths per woman -0.7%
2007 1.27 under-five deaths per woman -1.7%
2008 1.23 under-five deaths per woman -2.7%
2009 1.19 under-five deaths per woman -3.2%
2010 1.36 under-five deaths per woman +14.3%
2011 2.64 under-five deaths per woman +93.4%
2012 1.33 under-five deaths per woman -49.4%
2013 1.02 under-five deaths per woman -23.5%
2014 0.9783 under-five deaths per woman -4.2%
2015 0.9372 under-five deaths per woman -4.2%
2016 0.8965 under-five deaths per woman -4.3%
2017 1.05 under-five deaths per woman +17.6%
2018 0.9044 under-five deaths per woman -14.2%
2019 0.7731 under-five deaths per woman -14.5%
2020 0.7361 under-five deaths per woman -4.8%
2021 0.7007 under-five deaths per woman -4.8%
2022 0.8169 under-five deaths per woman +16.6%
2023 0.5861 under-five deaths per woman -28.3%
2024 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman -4.6%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2214 under-five deaths per woman, 2.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Number of child deaths per woman 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.

YearChange FromTo
1991 +104.0% 1.34 under-five deaths per woman 2.74 under-five deaths per woman
2011 +93.4% 1.36 under-five deaths per woman 2.64 under-five deaths per woman
1994 -52.8% 2.77 under-five deaths per woman 1.31 under-five deaths per woman
2012 -49.4% 2.64 under-five deaths per woman 1.33 under-five deaths per woman
2023 -28.3% 0.8169 under-five deaths per woman 0.5861 under-five deaths per woman

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.42 under-five deaths per woman 1.37 under-five deaths per woman 1.48 under-five deaths per woman 8
1990s 1.76 under-five deaths per woman 1.31 under-five deaths per woman 2.82 under-five deaths per woman 10
2000s 1.28 under-five deaths per woman 1.19 under-five deaths per woman 1.32 under-five deaths per woman 10
2010s 1.19 under-five deaths per woman 0.7731 under-five deaths per woman 2.64 under-five deaths per woman 10
2020s 0.6797 under-five deaths per woman 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman 0.8169 under-five deaths per woman 5

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 1 Niger 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman compare
  2. 2 Nigeria 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman compare
  3. 4 Chad 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman compare
  4. 5 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman compare
  5. 6 South Sudan 0.411 under-five deaths per woman compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of child deaths per woman in Somalia?
Number of child deaths per woman in Somalia was 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman 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 number of child deaths per woman recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 2.82 under-five deaths per woman in 1992.
What is the lowest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman in 2024.
How does Somalia rank for number of child deaths per woman?
Somalia ranks 3rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of child deaths per woman rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. 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 Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
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
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).