Which has higher number of infant deaths, male, Rwanda or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 7,784 against 6,485 in Rwanda as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths, male between Rwanda and Sierra Leone?

1,299, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sierra Leone?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data 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 Number of infant deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Number of infant deaths, male

Rwanda

6,485

in 2024

Sierra Leone

7,784

in 2024

Rwanda rank

48th

Sierra Leone rank

45th

Number of infant deaths, male over time

Rwanda
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 7,784 against 6,485 in Rwanda, a difference of 1,299.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 48th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10,083	9,871	212.7	Rwanda
1970s	14,760	10,757	4,003	Rwanda
1980s	15,418	12,280	3,138	Rwanda
1990s	19,830	13,754	6,076	Rwanda
2000s	13,685	12,992	693.5	Rwanda
2010s	7,220	10,198	2,978	Sierra Leone
2020s	6,646	8,187	1,541	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, male, Rwanda or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 7,784 against 6,485 in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, male between Rwanda and Sierra Leone?: 1,299, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sierra Leone?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of infant deaths, male?: Rwanda ranks 48th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Where does this data 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 Number of infant deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths, male
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
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 13,304 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age.