Somalia's life expectancy rose from 50.7 yrs in 1995 to 59.0 yrs in 2024.
Somalia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Somalia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 43.4 yrs in 2000 to 47.4 yrs in 2021.
Somalia's infant mortality fell from 103.9 ‰ in 1995 to 65.4 ‰ in 2024.
Somalia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 173.2 ‰ in 1995 to 101.1 ‰ in 2024.
Somalia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,254.0 /100k in 1994 to 563.0 /100k in 2023.
Somalia's ncd mortality fell from 33.4 % in 2000 to 27.6 % in 2021.
Somalia's suicide mortality rate fell from 8.6 /100k in 2000 to 8.0 /100k in 2021.
Somalia's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 27.6 /100k in 2000 to 27.4 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.9 pts160th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +37.1 %189th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −10.0 pts109th of 192
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- Physiciansup +35.4 %8th of 8
- Nurses and midwivesup +21.1 %6th of 6
- Hospital bedsunchanged +0.0 %120th of 137*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts177th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts168th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.8 %164th of 208
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- Safe sanitationup +0.4 pts130th of 141
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Somalia.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data