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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Somalia: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Somalia is placed 199th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 58.82 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 101.07 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
199th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 58.82Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 101.07Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Somalia on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
58.82
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Somalia: 58.82. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 74.93 Mauritius
- Land neighbours
- Ethiopia 67.31 · Kenya 63.65
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
101.07
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Somalia: 101.07. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 13.96 Seychelles
- Land neighbours
- Ethiopia 44.5 · Kenya 38.85
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Somalia, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 7.917 Seychelles
- Land neighbours
- Ethiopia 36.78 · Kenya 17.6
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Somalia, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 12.2 Mauritius
- Land neighbours
- Ethiopia 16.6 · Kenya 26.5
02Over time
Which way Somalia is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
SomaliaWorld median
Somalia rose from 50.75 in 2000 to 58.82 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Somalia World median 2023 58.816 74.630 2022 53.932 74.313 2021 55.703 72.433 2020 57.095 73.063 2019 57.249 74.196 2018 54.767 74.081 2017 52.190 74.029 2016 55.283 74.013 2015 55.056 73.783 2014 54.442 73.330 2013 54.016 73.386 2012 49.138 73.210 2011 32.453 73.003 2010 48.900 72.827 2009 52.101 72.426 2008 51.456 72.264 2007 50.885 72.113 2006 50.915 72.027 2005 50.894 71.876 2004 50.685 71.477 2003 50.721 71.409 2002 50.820 71.173 2001 50.829 70.926 2000 50.747 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
SomaliaWorld median
Somalia fell from 173.23 in 2000 to 101.07 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Somalia World median 2024 101.07 14.5 2023 104.29 15.2 2022 143.06 14.7 2021 111.00 15.1 2020 114.70 15.3 2019 118.37 15.7 2018 136.37 16.3 2017 156.44 16.8 2016 130.20 17.5 2015 134.31 17.9 2014 138.62 18.3 2013 143.22 18.7 2012 185.37 18.8 2011 363.09 19.0 2010 186.72 19.2 2009 162.39 20.8 2008 166.72 20.7 2007 170.53 21.8 2006 172.58 22.8 2005 173.18 24.0 2004 173.23 25.9 2003 173.23 26.9 2002 173.23 28.0 2001 173.23 29.1 2000 173.23 30.4
03In context
Somalia beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Somalia and the countries it borders
Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kenya | 166th | 63.65 | 38.85 | 17.6 | 26.5 |
 Ethiopia | 173rd | 67.31 | 44.5 | 36.78 | 16.6 |
| Somalia | 199th | 58.82 | 101.07 | 25.3 | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Somalia in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Somalia is ahead of the world, and behind
42 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Somalia does better than the middle country measured.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.52.4655.5▲ Improved since 2014
Somalia: 2.465 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 145th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9560.252.95No earlier reading
Somalia: 60.2 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 50th of 136 · derived.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4512.814.45No real change since 2013
Somalia: 12.8 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 127th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Malaria Incidence (P. vivax)MAP · 2025 · world median 1.3820.5321.382▲ Improved since 2015
Somalia: 0.532 · world median 1.382 · New P. vivax malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.001 to 184.62; lower is better.
Behind the world median31
Statistics on which Somalia does worse than the middle country measured.
Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum)MAP · 2024 · world median 8.1068.5668.106▲ Improved since 2014
Somalia: 8.566 · world median 8.106 · Deaths from P. falciparum malaria per 100,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 133.27; lower is better.
Global Report on Food CrisesFSIN · 2024 · world median 222322▲ Improved since 2016
Somalia: 23 · world median 22 · In IPC Phase 3+ (% of analysed population). Food Security Information Network (FSIN), 2025 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3 to 56; lower is better.
Position 21st of 44 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7433.740.74No earlier reading
Somalia: 33.7 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 89th of 136 · derived.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4875.843.48No real change since 2015
Somalia: 75.84 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Insecticide-Treated Net UseMAP · 2025 · world median 4521.2645▲ Improved since 2015
Somalia: 21.26 · world median 45 · Population that slept under an insecticide-treated net (%). Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.586 to 88.58; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 917291▲ Improved since 2015
Somalia: 72 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3913.4916.39▲ Improved since 2013
Somalia: 13.49 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 191st of 222 · derived.
INFORM Severity IndexACAPS · 2025 · world median 3.14.33.1▼ Worsened since 2020
Somalia: 4.3 · world median 3.1 · INFORM Severity (1–5, most severe crisis). ACAPS, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.3 to 4.7; lower is better.
Position 9th of 81 · derived, 1st = worst.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.360.25▼ Worsened since 2014
Somalia: 0.36 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 906190▲ Improved since 2015
Somalia: 61 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.46117.127.46No real change since 2013
Somalia: 117.1 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 11th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7279.65133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Somalia: 279.65 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 11th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5712.9737.57No earlier reading
Somalia: 12.97 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 110th of 115 · derived.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.516.441.5No earlier reading
Somalia: 16.4 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 122nd of 127 · derived.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.54614.323.546No earlier reading
Somalia: 14.32 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 7th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65562.5846.65No real change since 2013
Somalia: 562.58 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 6th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.99.582.9No earlier reading
Somalia: 9.5 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 107th of 109 · derived.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.722.567.7No earlier reading
Somalia: 22.5 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 125th of 127 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2665.412.26No real change since 2014
Somalia: 65.4 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 4th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.85822.472.858No real change since 2014
Somalia: 22.47 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 4th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13434.248.134No real change since 2014
Somalia: 34.24 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 4th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.6750.351No real change since 2022
Somalia: 0.675 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 170th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8124.481No earlier reading
Somalia: 24.4 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 152nd of 153 · derived.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.253.25.2No real change since 2013
Somalia: 53.2 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 2nd of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.920.796.9No earlier reading
Somalia: 20.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.4040.762No real change since 2022
Somalia: 0.404 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 192nd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.258.471.25No real change since 2013
Somalia: 8.4 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 196th of 196 · derived.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9821,7572,982No real change since 2014
Somalia: 1,757 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 155th of 155 · derived.
Female Genital Mutilation PrevalenceUNICEF · 2024 · world median 34.199.234.1No earlier reading
Somalia: 99.2 · world median 34.1 · Women aged 15-49 who have undergone FGM (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.3 to 99.2; lower is better.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2663.0821.26No earlier reading
Somalia: 63.08 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 1st of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.16334.98.163No real change since 2013
Somalia: 34.9 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 1st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum)MAP · 2025 · world median 52.4752.4752.47▲ Improved since 2015
Somalia: 52.47 · world median 52.47 · New P. falciparum malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 334.75; lower is better.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.661.73Moved since 2014
Somalia: 0.66 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 135th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8930.538.89Moved since 2015
Somalia: 30.5 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 169th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.651.720.65No earlier reading
Somalia: 1.7 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.257.141.25No real change since 2013
Somalia: 7.1 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.880.1336.88No earlier reading
Somalia: 0.133 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.4235.4No real change since 2013
Somalia: 2 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
No current reading for Somalia
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2019), Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (last 2018), HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Meat Supply per Person, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, Vegetable Supply per Person and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Somalia’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Somalia’s 12th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability26th of 1863/4 keys
- Energy97th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade159th of 1773/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 168th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties182nd of 1983/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions180th of 1944/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 185th of 1983/4 keys
- Peace & Security170th of 1773/4 keys
- Work & Labour180th of 1824/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 194th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge197th of 1982/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing199th of 2002/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation176th of 1762/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture184th of 1843/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience193rd of 1933/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Somalia can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Cabo Verde80th4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Africa
Seychelles108th2/4 keysThis page
Somalia199th2/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Somalia and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Somalia on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Somalia rank on health & wellbeing?
Somalia is placed 199th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth and Under-Five Mortality Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Somalia?
58.82 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Somalia?
101.07 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How does Somalia compare with Ethiopia on health & wellbeing?
Ethiopia is placed 173rd of 200, and Somalia 199th. Life Expectancy at Birth: Ethiopia 67.31, Somalia 58.82; Under-Five Mortality Rate: Ethiopia 44.5, Somalia 101.07.
How have Somalia’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 50.75 in 2000 to 58.82 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 173.23 in 2000 to 101.07 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Somalia?
No current reading is published for Somalia on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Meat Supply per Person, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, Vegetable Supply per Person and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 42 statistics on this page come from 15 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Somalia’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Somalia (banner) — AMISOM, CC0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Somalia: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/somalia/health