Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Liberia
0.3516 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3376 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Liberia rank
11th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.014 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Liberia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 200 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.93 under-five deaths per woman | 2.48 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5467 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 1.99 under-five deaths per woman | 2.29 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2959 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 2.02 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2256 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 1.66 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1308 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0565 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.8082 under-five deaths per woman | 1.16 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3521 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.443 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6283 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1853 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3801 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0184 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Liberia, at 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman against 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.014 under-five deaths per woman, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Liberia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).