Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Rwanda or Senegal?

Senegal, at 18,533 deaths against 14,480 deaths in Rwanda as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Rwanda and Senegal?

4,053 deaths, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Senegal?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Senegal: Number of children who die before age 5

Rwanda

14,480 deaths

in 2023

Senegal

18,533 deaths

in 2023

Rwanda rank

48th

Senegal rank

45th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Rwanda
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18,533 deaths against 14,480 deaths in Rwanda, a difference of 4,053 deaths.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.3 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Senegal ahead.

Rwanda ranks 48th and Senegal ranks 45th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Senegal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	33,242 deaths	44,776 deaths	11,534 deaths	Senegal
1960s	35,457 deaths	54,862 deaths	19,404 deaths	Senegal
1970s	51,298 deaths	61,281 deaths	9,983 deaths	Senegal
1980s	52,108 deaths	51,258 deaths	849.7 deaths	Rwanda
1990s	65,551 deaths	46,903 deaths	18,647 deaths	Rwanda
2000s	41,015 deaths	39,671 deaths	1,344 deaths	Rwanda
2010s	18,537 deaths	25,966 deaths	7,429 deaths	Senegal
2020s	15,131 deaths	19,314 deaths	4,184 deaths	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Rwanda or Senegal?: Senegal, at 18,533 deaths against 14,480 deaths in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Rwanda and Senegal?: 4,053 deaths, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and Senegal rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Rwanda ranks 48th and Senegal ranks 45th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.