Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Sierra Leone: Number of under-five deaths

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
49,370
in 2024
Sierra Leone
23,171
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
38th
Sierra Leone rank
41st

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Sierra Leone
0100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922024

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 49,370 against 23,171 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 26,199.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 2.1 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 47 groups.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 228,043 46,871 181,172 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 114,943 42,012 72,931 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s 71,553 32,002 39,551 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2020s 54,691 24,594 30,097 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Sierra Leone?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 49,370 against 23,171 in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
26,199, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of under-five deaths?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Sierra Leone ranks 41st of 47 groups.
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
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Number of children dying before reaching age five.