Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?

Sierra Leone, at 18,532 deaths against 16,491 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?

2,041 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

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 infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Number of infants who die before age 1

Sierra Leone

18,532 deaths

in 2023

Zimbabwe

16,491 deaths

in 2023

Sierra Leone rank

40th

Zimbabwe rank

41st

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 18,532 deaths against 16,491 deaths in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2,041 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 40th and Zimbabwe ranks 41st of 236 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	21,462 deaths	15,056 deaths	6,406 deaths	Sierra Leone
1960s	22,945 deaths	16,356 deaths	6,589 deaths	Sierra Leone
1970s	24,574 deaths	19,627 deaths	4,947 deaths	Sierra Leone
1980s	27,355 deaths	20,853 deaths	6,502 deaths	Sierra Leone
1990s	29,666 deaths	22,147 deaths	7,519 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	28,820 deaths	26,862 deaths	1,958 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	23,381 deaths	21,938 deaths	1,443 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	19,276 deaths	16,874 deaths	2,402 deaths	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?: Sierra Leone, at 18,532 deaths against 16,491 deaths in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?: 2,041 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: Sierra Leone ranks 40th and Zimbabwe ranks 41st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
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 at birth.