Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Liberia
8.91 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
9.22 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Liberia rank
10th
Sierra Leone rank
9th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 9.22 deaths per 100 live births against 8.91 deaths per 100 live births in Liberia, a difference of 0.31 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.88 deaths per 100 live births | 25.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7701 deaths per 100 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 15.02 deaths per 100 live births | 19.97 deaths per 100 live births | 4.94 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 9.89 deaths per 100 live births | 13.53 deaths per 100 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 9.04 deaths per 100 live births | 9.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8853 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 by household wealth, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 9.22 deaths per 100 live births against 8.91 deaths per 100 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.31 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Liberia ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.