What is number of under-five deaths in Senegal?

Number of under-five deaths in Senegal was 19,308 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Senegal?

The highest recorded value was 61,230 in 1973.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Senegal?

The lowest recorded value was 19,308 in 2024.

How does Senegal rank for number of under-five deaths?

Senegal ranks 45th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Senegal?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Number of under-five deaths in Senegal

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Senegal
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Senegal: Number of under-five deaths was 19,308 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

19,308

Change on year

down 2.8%

World rank

45th

of 195 countries

All-time high

61,230

in 1973

All-time low

19,308

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

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

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Senegal recorded 19,308 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Senegal peaked at 61,230 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 19,308, in 2024.

Senegal ranks 45th 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	52,963	46,543	59,105	10
1970s	59,539	55,870	61,230	10
1980s	49,945	43,261	54,924	10
1990s	45,827	42,727	49,054	10
2000s	38,045	29,361	48,314	10
2010s	26,130	23,023	28,497	10
2020s	20,585	19,308	22,056	5

Countries ranked near Senegal

42 Burundi 21,573 compare
43 Central African Republic 20,555 compare
44 Algeria 19,422 compare
46 Togo 16,109 compare
47 Rwanda 14,910 compare
48 Liberia 14,534 compare

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More health data for Senegal

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Population, male 50.8% (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 226,685 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 5.51 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 7.15 million (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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Senegal?: Number of under-five deaths in Senegal was 19,308 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Senegal?: The highest recorded value was 61,230 in 1973.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Senegal?: The lowest recorded value was 19,308 in 2024.
How does Senegal rank for number of under-five deaths?: Senegal ranks 45th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Senegal?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. 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 Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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.