Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia

Somalia: Number of deaths ages 15-19 years was 6,981 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
6,981
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
21st
of 196 countries
All-time high
10,308
in 2011
All-time low
3,369
in 1994
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia, 1990–2024

4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k1990200720241990: 4.4k1991: 6.3k1992: 5.8k1993: 5.5k1994: 3.4k1995: 3.5k1996: 3.7k1997: 3.8k1998: 4.0k1999: 4.2k2000: 4.3k2001: 4.5k2002: 4.7k2003: 4.8k2004: 4.9k2005: 5.0k2006: 5.0k2007: 4.9k2008: 5.0k2009: 5.2k2010: 5.3k2011: 10.3k2012: 6.5k2013: 5.8k2014: 6.2k2015: 5.9k2016: 6.5k2017: 7.4k2018: 6.7k2019: 6.3k2020: 6.4k2021: 6.4k2022: 8.1k2023: 7.3k2024: 7.0k

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Somalia recorded 6,981 for number of deaths ages 15-19 years in 2024.

That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia peaked at 10,308 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3,369, in 1994.

Somalia ranks 21st of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia, 1990 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1990 4,403
1991 6,336 +43.9%
1992 5,784 -8.7%
1993 5,512 -4.7%
1994 3,369 -38.9%
1995 3,512 +4.2%
1996 3,662 +4.3%
1997 3,812 +4.1%
1998 3,985 +4.5%
1999 4,154 +4.2%
2000 4,327 +4.2%
2001 4,500 +4.0%
2002 4,662 +3.6%
2003 4,816 +3.3%
2004 4,941 +2.6%
2005 4,993 +1.1%
2006 4,958 -0.7%
2007 4,942 -0.3%
2008 5,018 +1.5%
2009 5,156 +2.8%
2010 5,350 +3.8%
2011 10,308 +92.7%
2012 6,454 -37.4%
2013 5,771 -10.6%
2014 6,248 +8.3%
2015 5,913 -5.4%
2016 6,537 +10.6%
2017 7,379 +12.9%
2018 6,672 -9.6%
2019 6,270 -6.0%
2020 6,357 +1.4%
2021 6,428 +1.1%
2022 8,129 +26.5%
2023 7,321 -9.9%
2024 6,981 -4.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4,453 3,369 6,336 10
2000s 4,831 4,327 5,156 10
2010s 6,690 5,350 10,308 10
2020s 7,043 6,357 8,129 5

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 18 Angola 7,681 compare
  2. 19 South Africa 7,614 compare
  3. 20 Kenya 7,011 compare
  4. 22 Cameroon 6,516 compare
  5. 23 Chad 6,021 compare
  6. 24 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,015 compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia?
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years in Somalia was 6,981 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 10,308 in 2011.
What is the lowest number of deaths ages 15-19 years recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 3,369 in 1994.
How does Somalia rank for number of deaths ages 15-19 years?
Somalia ranks 21st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of deaths ages 15-19 years rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 Number of deaths ages 15-19 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 8,505 data points, 1990–2024
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