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Number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal

Senegal: Number of under-five deaths, male was 10,887 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
10,887
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
44th
of 197 countries
All-time high
31,630
in 1973
All-time low
10,887
in 2024
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal, 1960–2024

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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.

Analysis

Senegal recorded 10,887 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal peaked at 31,630 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 10,887, in 2024.

That places Senegal 44th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal, year by year

Year Value Change
1960 24,010 —
1961 24,691 +2.8%
1962 25,441 +3.0%
1963 26,227 +3.1%
1964 26,974 +2.8%
1965 27,725 +2.8%
1966 28,460 +2.7%
1967 29,155 +2.4%
1968 29,810 +2.2%
1969 30,411 +2.0%
1970 30,946 +1.8%
1971 31,333 +1.3%
1972 31,562 +0.7%
1973 31,630 +0.2%
1974 31,565 -0.2%
1975 31,392 -0.5%
1976 30,992 -1.3%
1977 30,425 -1.8%
1978 29,820 -2.0%
1979 29,266 -1.9%
1980 28,850 -1.4%
1981 28,561 -1.0%
1982 28,275 -1.0%
1983 27,914 -1.3%
1984 27,407 -1.8%
1985 26,618 -2.9%
1986 25,626 -3.7%
1987 24,612 -4.0%
1988 23,711 -3.7%
1989 23,099 -2.6%
1990 22,820 -1.2%
1991 22,847 +0.1%
1992 23,126 +1.2%
1993 23,584 +2.0%
1994 24,149 +2.4%
1995 24,743 +2.5%
1996 25,323 +2.3%
1997 25,864 +2.1%
1998 26,181 +1.2%
1999 26,269 +0.3%
2000 25,913 -1.4%
2001 24,951 -3.7%
2002 23,678 -5.1%
2003 22,321 -5.7%
2004 20,940 -6.2%
2005 19,589 -6.5%
2006 18,425 -5.9%
2007 17,458 -5.2%
2008 16,721 -4.2%
2009 16,191 -3.2%
2010 15,762 -2.6%
2011 15,469 -1.9%
2012 15,320 -1.0%
2013 15,130 -1.2%
2014 14,805 -2.1%
2015 14,496 -2.1%
2016 14,232 -1.8%
2017 13,928 -2.1%
2018 13,470 -3.3%
2019 12,890 -4.3%
2020 12,373 -4.0%
2021 11,935 -3.5%
2022 11,525 -3.4%
2023 11,199 -2.8%
2024 10,887 -2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 27,290 24,010 30,411 10
1970s 30,893 29,266 31,630 10
1980s 26,467 23,099 28,850 10
1990s 24,491 22,820 26,269 10
2000s 20,619 16,191 25,913 10
2010s 14,550 12,890 15,762 10
2020s 11,584 10,887 12,373 5

Countries ranked near Senegal

  1. 41 Sierra Leone 12,502 compare
  2. 42 Burundi 11,833 compare
  3. 43 Central African Republic 11,124 compare
  4. 45 Algeria 10,782 compare
  5. 46 Togo 8,792 compare
  6. 47 Rwanda 8,249 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal?
Number of under-five deaths, male in Senegal was 10,887 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
What is the highest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Senegal?
The highest recorded value was 31,630 in 1973.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Senegal?
The lowest recorded value was 10,887 in 2024.
How does Senegal rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
Senegal ranks 44th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Senegal?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Senegal data come from?
The figures 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 part of Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.