Number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Number of neonatal deaths was 7,350 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 7,350 for number of neonatal deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone peaked at 10,430 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7,350, in 2024.
Sierra Leone ranks 47th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,943 | 9,678 | 10,430 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,015 | 9,554 | 10,317 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,534 | 7,878 | 9,436 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,550 | 7,350 | 7,755 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More health data for Sierra Leone
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 108,953 (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 110,875 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.61 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.32 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 112,634 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 109,298 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 110,907 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 107,509 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 105,381 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone?
- Number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone was 7,350 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 10,430 in 1991.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,350 in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for number of neonatal deaths?
- Sierra Leone ranks 47th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal deaths rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.