Senegal

Child mortality in Senegal

Child mortality in Senegal: 37.1 per 100 live births in 1944 and 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
Since 1944
−33.4 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
50 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in SenegalChild mortality in Senegal: 37.1 per 100 live births in 1944 and 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Senegal ranked 50 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearSenegalWorld
20243.73.7
20233.83.8
202244
20214.24
20204.43.9
20194.64
20184.84
20174.94.1
20165.14.2
20155.24.3
20145.44.4
20135.64.5
20125.84.7
201165
20106.35.1
20096.65.3
200875.5
20077.55.7
20068.16
20058.86.2
20049.66.6
200310.46.8
200211.37.1
200112.27.4
200012.97.7
199913.47.9
199813.78.3
199713.88.4
199613.88.6
199513.78.8
199413.68.9
199313.59.1
199213.59.2
199113.59.3
199013.79.4
198914.19.5
198814.710
198715.49.9
198616.310.3
198517.110.6
198417.910.9
198318.611.1
198219.211.2
198119.811.6
198020.411.9
197921.211.9
197822.112.3
197723.112.6
197624.212.8
197525.313.1
197426.213.3
19732713.5
197227.713.7
197128.413.9
197028.814.2
196929.214.6
196829.415
196729.615.3
196629.715.1
196529.715.1
196429.715.7
196329.716.2
196229.617
196129.518.8
196029.520.2
195929.619.9
195829.819.7
195730.120.5
195630.521.3
19553122.3
195431.522.8
195332.123.3
195232.623.9
195133.224.3
195033.724.7
194934.324.9
194834.924.9
194735.425.5
19463625.8
194536.626.7
194437.127.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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