What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, male between Africa Western and Central and Somalia?

784,515, with Africa Western and Central ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Western and Central and Somalia?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Africa Western and Central vs Somalia: Number of under-five deaths, male

Africa Western and Central

826,674

in 2024

Somalia

42,159

in 2024

Africa Western and Central rank

13th

Somalia rank

14th

Number of under-five deaths, male over time

Africa Western and Central
Somalia

How they compare

Africa Western and Central currently reports 826,674 against 42,159 in Somalia, a difference of 784,515.

That makes Africa Western and Central's figure about 19.6 times Somalia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Africa Western and Central has been ahead every year.

Africa Western and Central ranks 13th and Somalia ranks 14th of 43 groups.

Africa Western and Central has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Africa Western and Central	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	989,227	44,450	944,777	Africa Western and Central
2000s	961,740	44,512	917,228	Africa Western and Central
2010s	893,840	55,341	838,499	Africa Western and Central
2020s	847,747	45,794	801,953	Africa Western and Central

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, male, Africa Western and Central or Somalia?: Africa Western and Central, at 826,674 against 42,159 in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, male between Africa Western and Central and Somalia?: 784,515, with Africa Western and Central ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Western and Central and Somalia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Africa Western and Central and Somalia rank globally for number of under-five deaths, male?: Africa Western and Central ranks 13th and Somalia ranks 14th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Africa Western and Central vs Somalia: Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid, drawing on Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-male/africa-western-and-central/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-under-five-deaths-male/africa-western-and-central/somalia-fed-rep/">Africa Western and Central vs Somalia: Number of under-five deaths, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths, male
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 12,963 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of male children dying before reaching age five.