Which has higher number of youth deaths, Sierra Leone or United States of America?

United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,150 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Sierra Leone and United States of America?

1,706 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and United States of America?

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.

Sierra Leone vs United States of America: Number of youth deaths

Sierra Leone

28,150 deaths

in 2024

United States of America

29,856 deaths

in 2024

Sierra Leone rank

42nd

United States of America rank

39th

Number of youth deaths over time

Sierra Leone
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 29,856 deaths against 28,150 deaths in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1,706 deaths.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 42nd and United States of America ranks 39th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 3 and United States of America in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	51,211 deaths	46,969 deaths	4,242 deaths	Sierra Leone
2000s	46,218 deaths	38,634 deaths	7,584 deaths	Sierra Leone
2010s	36,826 deaths	32,514 deaths	4,312 deaths	Sierra Leone
2020s	29,680 deaths	30,052 deaths	372.6 deaths	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of youth deaths, Sierra Leone or United States of America?: United States of America, at 29,856 deaths against 28,150 deaths in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of youth deaths between Sierra Leone and United States of America?: 1,706 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and United States of America?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and United States of America rank globally for number of youth deaths?: Sierra Leone ranks 42nd and United States of America ranks 39th 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.