Sierra Leone vs South Sudan: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Sierra Leone
9.05 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
9.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
7th
South Sudan rank
5th
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 9.67 deaths per 100 live births against 9.05 deaths per 100 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.62 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 5th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 3 and South Sudan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.47 deaths per 100 live births | 35.89 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 36.39 deaths per 100 live births | 37.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 31.01 deaths per 100 live births | 31.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.388 deaths per 100 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 27.22 deaths per 100 live births | 33.74 deaths per 100 live births | 6.52 deaths per 100 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 24.56 deaths per 100 live births | 28.91 deaths per 100 live births | 4.35 deaths per 100 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 19.54 deaths per 100 live births | 14.39 deaths per 100 live births | 5.15 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 13.23 deaths per 100 live births | 16.24 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 9.73 deaths per 100 live births | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.058 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Sierra Leone or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 9.67 deaths per 100 live births against 9.05 deaths per 100 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 0.62 deaths per 100 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and South Sudan rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 5th 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 Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.