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Benin vs Sierra Leone: Number of child deaths per woman

Benin
0.3326 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3376 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Sierra Leone rank
12th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Benin
  • Sierra Leone
0.511.522.5194519842024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin, a difference of 0.0049 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).