Death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Death rate from drowning ghe was 8.3 in 2021. β–² Rising

Latest (2021)
8.3
Change on year
up 10.1%
World rank
18th
of 192 countries
All-time high
9.11
in 2019
All-time low
4.31
in 2000
Years of data
22
2000–2021

Death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone, 2000–2021

02468102000201020212000: 4.32001: 4.52002: 4.82003: 82004: 8.12005: 82006: 7.82007: 82008: 8.12009: 8.12010: 8.32011: 8.12012: 8.82013: 8.92014: 8.12015: 8.32016: 9.12017: 7.82018: 9.12019: 9.12020: 7.52021: 8.3

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Sierra Leone recorded 8.3 for death rate from drowning ghe in 2021.

That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone peaked at 9.11 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.31, in 2000.

Sierra Leone ranks 18th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6.96 4.31 8.13 10
2010s 8.55 7.81 9.11 10
2020s 7.92 7.54 8.3 2

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.45 compare
  2. 16 Palau, Republic of 8.43 compare
  3. 17 Cameroon 8.31 compare
  4. 19 Angola 8.11 compare
  5. 20 Haiti 8.01 compare
  6. 21 Viet Nam 7.88 compare

See the full ranking of 194 places β†’

More health data for Sierra Leone

All data for Sierra Leone β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone?
Death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone was 8.3 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest death rate from drowning ghe recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 9.11 in 2019.
What is the lowest death rate from drowning ghe recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 4.31 in 2000.
How does Sierra Leone rank for death rate from drowning ghe?
Sierra Leone ranks 18th out of 192 countries with data for 2021.
Is death rate from drowning ghe rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Death rate from drowning ghe. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/death-rate-from-drowning-ghe/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/death-rate-from-drowning-ghe/sierra-leone/">Death rate from drowning ghe in Sierra Leone</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Death rate from drowning ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed