Sierra Leone vs Somalia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Sierra Leone
68.81 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Somalia
64.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sierra Leone rank
1st
Somalia rank
4th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 68.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 64.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Somalia, a difference of 4.76 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 4th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 7 and Somalia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 233.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 148.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 84.82 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 210.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 136.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 74.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 188.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 128.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 59.33 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 170.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 114.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.82 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 157.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 141.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.74 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 131.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 101.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 29.22 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 93.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 102.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 9 deaths per 1,000 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 72.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 72.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4144 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Sierra Leone or Somalia?
- Sierra Leone, at 68.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 64.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Somalia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Sierra Leone and Somalia?
- 4.76 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Somalia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Sierra Leone and Somalia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Sierra Leone ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 4th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.