Sierra Leone - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Sierra Leone was 20,360 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29,415 in 1991 and a minimum value of 20,360 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1961 23,033
1962 23,167
1963 23,279
1964 23,386
1965 23,489
1966 23,558
1967 23,636
1968 23,712
1969 23,813
1970 23,912
1971 24,031
1972 24,162
1973 24,295
1974 24,424
1975 24,589
1976 24,790
1977 25,013
1978 25,283
1979 25,587
1980 25,918
1981 26,287
1982 26,691
1983 27,096
1984 27,527
1985 27,941
1986 28,321
1987 28,662
1988 28,956
1989 29,182
1990 29,345
1991 29,415
1992 29,370
1993 29,221
1994 28,993
1995 28,708
1996 28,418
1997 28,159
1998 27,963
1999 27,851
2000 27,833
2001 27,898
2002 28,021
2003 28,144
2004 28,214
2005 28,191
2006 28,045
2007 27,749
2008 27,310
2009 26,735
2010 26,075
2011 25,361
2012 24,657
2013 23,998
2014 23,569
2015 23,536
2016 22,308
2017 21,826
2018 21,346
2019 20,849
2020 20,360

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Sierra Leone was 27,366 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49,280 in 1991 and a minimum value of 27,366 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1965 41,022
1966 41,091
1967 41,179
1968 41,253
1969 41,372
1970 41,473
1971 41,608
1972 41,767
1973 41,924
1974 42,066
1975 42,276
1976 42,502
1977 42,750
1978 43,084
1979 43,477
1980 43,916
1981 44,408
1982 44,965
1983 45,526
1984 46,148
1985 46,762
1986 47,342
1987 47,888
1988 48,383
1989 48,780
1990 49,098
1991 49,280
1992 49,270
1993 49,060
1994 48,668
1995 48,106
1996 47,449
1997 46,749
1998 46,077
1999 45,491
2000 45,033
2001 44,696
2002 44,470
2003 44,265
2004 44,002
2005 43,630
2006 43,093
2007 42,336
2008 41,370
2009 40,182
2010 38,846
2011 37,435
2012 36,018
2013 34,671
2014 34,322
2015 34,731
2016 31,139
2017 30,141
2018 29,181
2019 28,246
2020 27,366

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Sierra Leone was 8,107 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,521 in 2005 and a minimum value of 8,107 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also:

Year Value
1990 10,260
1991 10,277
1992 10,257
1993 10,213
1994 10,160
1995 10,095
1996 10,038
1997 9,987
1998 9,965
1999 9,996
2000 10,061
2001 10,170
2002 10,284
2003 10,389
2004 10,475
2005 10,521
2006 10,518
2007 10,434
2008 10,276
2009 10,060
2010 9,811
2011 9,562
2012 9,335
2013 9,121
2014 8,955
2015 8,818
2016 8,628
2017 8,490
2018 8,356
2019 8,236
2020 8,107

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality