What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?

2,616, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?

61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Sierra Leone: Number of under-five deaths

Central African Republic

20,555

in 2024

Sierra Leone

23,171

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

43rd

Sierra Leone rank

41st

Number of under-five deaths over time

Central African Republic
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 23,171 against 20,555 in Central African Republic, a difference of 2,616.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	19,826	40,753	20,927	Sierra Leone
1970s	19,489	41,107	21,618	Sierra Leone
1980s	21,264	43,659	22,395	Sierra Leone
1990s	24,468	46,871	22,403	Sierra Leone
2000s	33,547	42,012	8,466	Sierra Leone
2010s	30,221	32,002	1,781	Sierra Leone
2020s	42,327	24,594	17,733	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Central African Republic or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 23,171 against 20,555 in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 2,616, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 61 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of under-five deaths?: Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. 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
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.