Which has higher number of under-five deaths, male, Senegal or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 12,502 against 10,887 in Senegal as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, male between Senegal and Sierra Leone?

1,615, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

63 years are reported by both, from 1962 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 under-five deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Number of under-five deaths, male

Senegal

10,887

in 2024

Sierra Leone

12,502

in 2024

Senegal rank

44th

Sierra Leone rank

41st

Number of under-five deaths, male over time

Senegal
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 12,502 against 10,887 in Senegal, a difference of 1,615.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Senegal ahead.

Senegal ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Senegal	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	28,025	21,408	6,618	Senegal
1970s	30,893	21,698	9,196	Senegal
1980s	26,467	23,164	3,304	Senegal
1990s	24,491	24,936	445.8	Sierra Leone
2000s	20,619	22,257	1,639	Sierra Leone
2010s	14,550	17,082	2,532	Sierra Leone
2020s	11,584	13,244	1,660	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, male, Senegal or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 12,502 against 10,887 in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, male between Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 1,615, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Senegal and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of under-five deaths, male?: Senegal ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st 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 under-five deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of under-five 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, 12,963 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Number of male children dying before reaching age five.