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

4,079 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Sierra Leone: Number of youth deaths

Central African Republic

24,071 deaths

in 2024

Sierra Leone

28,150 deaths

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

43rd

Sierra Leone rank

42nd

Number of youth deaths over time

Central African Republic
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 28,150 deaths against 24,071 deaths in Central African Republic, a difference of 4,079 deaths.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Sierra Leone ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	27,040 deaths	51,211 deaths	24,171 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	39,876 deaths	46,218 deaths	6,342 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	36,658 deaths	36,826 deaths	167.6 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	54,102 deaths	29,680 deaths	24,422 deaths	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Central African Republic or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 28,150 deaths against 24,071 deaths in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 4,079 deaths, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sierra Leone?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Central African Republic ranks 43rd and Sierra Leone ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of youth deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of youth deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 6,965 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.