Number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia
Somalia: Number of under-five deaths, male was 42,159 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia, 1988–2024
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.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia is 42,159, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia peaked at 117,104 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 29,737, in 1994.
Somalia ranks 14th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 34,293 | — |
| 1989 | 34,333 | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 33,781 | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 72,447 | +114.5% |
| 1992 | 71,206 | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 66,459 | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 29,737 | -55.3% |
| 1995 | 31,231 | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 32,577 | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 34,148 | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 35,717 | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 37,193 | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 38,589 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 40,059 | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 41,586 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 43,074 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 44,572 | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 46,022 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 47,266 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 47,956 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 48,067 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 47,924 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 56,432 | +17.8% |
| 2011 | 117,104 | +107.5% |
| 2012 | 55,885 | -52.3% |
| 2013 | 44,249 | -20.8% |
| 2014 | 44,132 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 44,154 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 44,182 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 54,723 | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 48,872 | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 43,678 | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 43,530 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 43,399 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 57,279 | +32.0% |
| 2023 | 42,604 | -25.6% |
| 2024 | 42,159 | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34,313 | 34,293 | 34,333 | 2 |
| 1990s | 44,450 | 29,737 | 72,447 | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,512 | 38,589 | 48,067 | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,341 | 43,678 | 117,104 | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,794 | 42,159 | 57,279 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More education data for Somalia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,870 (2007)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 50.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Somalia was 42,159 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 117,104 in 2011.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,737 in 1994.
- How does Somalia rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Somalia ranks 14th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.