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

412 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda 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.

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

Rwanda

6,938 deaths

in 2024

Sierra Leone

7,350 deaths

in 2024

Rwanda rank

49th

Sierra Leone rank

47th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Rwanda
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 7,350 deaths against 6,938 deaths in Rwanda, a difference of 412 deaths.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 49th and Sierra Leone ranks 47th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	14,445 deaths	9,943 deaths	4,502 deaths	Rwanda
2000s	11,602 deaths	10,015 deaths	1,587 deaths	Rwanda
2010s	7,605 deaths	8,534 deaths	929.4 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	7,069 deaths	7,550 deaths	481 deaths	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Rwanda or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 7,350 deaths against 6,938 deaths in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Rwanda and Sierra Leone?: 412 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sierra Leone?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Rwanda ranks 49th 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 .