What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Nepal and Sierra Leone?

1,239 deaths, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sierra Leone?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nepal vs Sierra Leone: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Nepal

8,589 deaths

in 2024

Sierra Leone

7,350 deaths

in 2024

Nepal rank

44th

Sierra Leone rank

47th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Nepal
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 8,589 deaths against 7,350 deaths in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1,239 deaths.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.

Nepal ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 47th of 199 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	38,497 deaths	9,943 deaths	28,553 deaths	Nepal
2000s	23,449 deaths	10,015 deaths	13,434 deaths	Nepal
2010s	14,293 deaths	8,534 deaths	5,759 deaths	Nepal
2020s	9,564 deaths	7,550 deaths	2,014 deaths	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Nepal or Sierra Leone?: Nepal, at 8,589 deaths against 7,350 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Nepal and Sierra Leone?: 1,239 deaths, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sierra Leone?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Nepal ranks 44th and Sierra Leone ranks 47th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .