Which has higher child mortality, Guinea or Sierra Leone?

Guinea, at 9.21 against 9.05 in Sierra Leone as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?

69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea

9.21

in 2024

Sierra Leone

9.05

in 2024

Guinea rank

6th

Sierra Leone rank

7th

Guinea currently reports 9.21 against 9.05 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.16.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guinea ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 7.

Decade	Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	35.09	40.47	5.38	Sierra Leone
1960s	33.57	36.39	2.82	Sierra Leone
1970s	30.48	31.01	0.528	Sierra Leone
1980s	25.99	27.22	1.23	Sierra Leone
1990s	20.37	24.56	4.19	Sierra Leone
2000s	14.17	19.54	5.37	Sierra Leone
2010s	11.4	13.23	1.82	Sierra Leone
2020s	9.76	9.73	0.03	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Guinea, at 9.21 against 9.05 in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 0.16, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for child mortality?: Guinea ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.