Mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia
Somalia: Mortality rate, neonatal was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia, 1983–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia stood at 34.2 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia peaked at 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 1983 and was at its lowest, 34.2 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Somalia 4th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.3 per 1,000 live births | 46 per 1,000 live births | 48.6 per 1,000 live births | 7 |
| 1990s | 45.52 per 1,000 live births | 44.2 per 1,000 live births | 48.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.28 per 1,000 live births | 44.3 per 1,000 live births | 45.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.1 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births | 46.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.6 per 1,000 live births | 34.2 per 1,000 live births | 36.7 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More health data for Somalia
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 216,347 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 2.3% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 230,125 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 213,075 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 207,650 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 216,965 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 221,749 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 210,685 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 514,457 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 210,219 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Somalia was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 1983.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Somalia ranks 4th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.