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Mortality in Somalia, Fed. Rep., by the numbers

Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 59.0 years of life, 208th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Somalia, Fed. Rep., each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
59.0 yrs
208th of 212
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.0 L
1st lowest of 185
Infant mortality
65.4 /1,000
3rd highest of 192

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 59.0 yrs 208 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 20.1 /1,000 3 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 9.7 /1,000 43 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 12.3 yrs 180 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 93.1 /1,000 43 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.1 yrs 101 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.9 men/100 women 117 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 65.4 /1,000 3 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 563 /100k 5 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 27.6 % 15 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.0 /100k 80 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 27.4 /100k 35 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.0 L 185 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 201 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $22 189 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $630 207 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Somalia, Fed. Rep.'s sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.0 L) and the 3rd highest infant mortality in the world (65.4 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Somalia, Fed. Rep.; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.