Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 4.03% to 38.1 in Senegal in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Senegal reached an all time high of 298 in 1965 and an all time low of 38.1 in 2020. When compared to Senegal's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Gambia amounted to 49.4, 95.6 in Guinea, 91.0 in Mali and 70.7 in Mauritania in 2020.
Senegal has been ranked 53rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 12 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 62.4 | 59.8 | 57.4 | 55.1 | 53.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 95.7 | 92.1 | 88.7 | 85.5 | 82.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 92.1 | 88.3 | 86.1 | 84.3 | 82.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 85.1 | 82.7 | 80.1 | 77.7 | 75.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 24.9 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 52.3 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 41.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 139 | 140 | 125 | 121 | 116 |
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