Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Sierra Leone: Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0675 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.3307 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
16th
Sierra Leone rank
13th

Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3307 units per square kilometre against 0.0675 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2632 units per square kilometre.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 4.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 13th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1205 units per square kilometre 0.6494 units per square kilometre 0.5289 units per square kilometre Sierra Leone
2000s 0.0964 units per square kilometre 0.5821 units per square kilometre 0.4856 units per square kilometre Sierra Leone
2010s 0.0842 units per square kilometre 0.4434 units per square kilometre 0.3591 units per square kilometre Sierra Leone
2020s 0.0696 units per square kilometre 0.3457 units per square kilometre 0.2761 units per square kilometre Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.3307 units per square kilometre against 0.0675 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
0.2632 units per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 13th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of under-five deaths, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
242 places, 12,018 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Number of under-five deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.