Number of under-five deaths in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Number of under-five deaths was 23,171 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 23,171 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Sierra Leone peaked at 48,437 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 23,171, in 2024.
That places Sierra Leone 41st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,700 | 40,528 | 40,768 | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,107 | 40,713 | 41,751 | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,659 | 41,900 | 46,076 | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,871 | 44,405 | 48,437 | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,012 | 38,637 | 43,470 | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,002 | 26,833 | 37,316 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,594 | 23,171 | 26,058 | 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 under-five deaths in Sierra Leone?
- Number of under-five deaths in Sierra Leone was 23,171 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 48,437 in 1992.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,171 in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Sierra Leone ranks 41st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.