Child mortality vs. health spending in Somalia
Somalia: Child mortality vs. health spending was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality vs. health spending in Somalia, 1982–2024
Source: United Nations 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 vs. health spending in Somalia stood at 10.11 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Somalia peaked at 37.66 deaths per 100 live births in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10.11 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Somalia 3rd out of 199 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.33 deaths per 100 live births | 18.4 deaths per 100 live births | 20.38 deaths per 100 live births | 8 |
| 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
More health data for Somalia
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 207,650 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 2.3% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 230,125 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 2.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 213,075 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 210,219 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 210,685 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 216,965 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 201,812 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 216,347 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality vs. health spending in Somalia?
- Child mortality vs. health spending in Somalia was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 37.66 deaths per 100 live births in 1992.
- What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.11 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Somalia ranks 3rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality vs. health spending 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 United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .