Rwanda vs Senegal: Number of under-five deaths

Rwanda

14,910

in 2024

Senegal

19,308

in 2024

Rwanda rank

47th

Senegal rank

45th

Number of under-five deaths over time

Senegal currently reports 19,308 against 14,910 in Rwanda, a difference of 4,398.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.3 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.

Globally, Rwanda ranks 47th and Senegal ranks 45th of 195 countries.

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.