Mortality rate, infant in Senegal
Senegal: Mortality rate, infant was 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Senegal, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, infant in Senegal stood at 28.9 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Senegal peaked at 127.5 per 1,000 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 28.9 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Senegal ranks 49th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124.63 per 1,000 live births | 122.7 per 1,000 live births | 127.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 112.81 per 1,000 live births | 99.6 per 1,000 live births | 122.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.63 per 1,000 live births | 74.4 per 1,000 live births | 97.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.96 per 1,000 live births | 72.6 per 1,000 live births | 77.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.93 per 1,000 live births | 43.1 per 1,000 live births | 74 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.83 per 1,000 live births | 34.8 per 1,000 live births | 41.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.26 per 1,000 live births | 28.9 per 1,000 live births | 33.7 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 46 Turkmenistan 30.4 per 1,000 live births compare
- 47 Mauritania 30.2 per 1,000 live births compare
- 48 Rwanda 29.4 per 1,000 live births compare
- 50 Tanzania 28.7 per 1,000 live births compare
- 51 Dominican Republic 27.7 per 1,000 live births compare
- 52 Ghana 27.5 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Senegal
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 242,897 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 5.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 7.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 226,685 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 246,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 223,719 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 244,678 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 221,258 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 238,050 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Senegal?
- Mortality rate, infant in Senegal was 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 127.5 per 1,000 live births in 1960.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Senegal ranks 49th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.