Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality around the world

Guinea
9.31
in 2023
Sierra Leone
9.72
in 2023
Guinea rank
8th
Sierra Leone rank
6th

Child mortality around the world over time

  • Guinea
  • Sierra Leone
1020304050195019862023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 9.72 against 9.31 in Guinea, a difference of 0.41.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Guinea ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 229 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1950s 35.49 43.04 7.55 Sierra Leone
1960s 33.62 36.68 3.06 Sierra Leone
1970s 30.45 31.22 0.7738 Sierra Leone
1980s 26.01 27.46 1.45 Sierra Leone
1990s 20.34 24.83 4.49 Sierra Leone
2000s 14.31 19.77 5.46 Sierra Leone
2010s 11.26 13.55 2.28 Sierra Leone
2020s 9.67 10.27 0.6043 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality around the world, Guinea or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 9.72 against 9.31 in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in child mortality around the world between Guinea and Sierra Leone?
0.41, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for child mortality around the world?
Guinea ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 229 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Child mortality around the world. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality around the world. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-around-the-world/guinea/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-mortality-around-the-world/guinea/sierra-leone/">Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality around the world</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Child mortality around the world
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed