Benin vs Sierra Leone: Number of child deaths per woman
Benin
0.3326 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3376 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
13th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Benin
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin, a difference of 0.005 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Benin ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 200 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.96 under-five deaths per woman | 2.48 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5224 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 1.87 under-five deaths per woman | 2.29 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4222 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 1.63 under-five deaths per woman | 2.02 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3921 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 1.35 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4445 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.9845 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6209 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.6914 under-five deaths per woman | 1.16 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4688 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.5161 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6283 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1122 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3761 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3801 under-five deaths per woman | 0.004 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Benin or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 0.005 under-five deaths per woman, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Benin ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).