Mozambique vs Sierra Leone: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Mozambique
0.2816 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3376 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Mozambique rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Mozambique
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman in Mozambique, a difference of 0.056 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Mozambique ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 200 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.8 under-five deaths per woman | 2.26 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4662 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 2.02 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2284 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 1.64 under-five deaths per woman | 1.79 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1514 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3478 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.7364 under-five deaths per woman | 1.16 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4238 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.414 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6283 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2144 under-five deaths per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3022 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3801 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0779 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, Mozambique or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman in Mozambique as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
- 0.056 under-five deaths per woman, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sierra Leone?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Mozambique and Sierra Leone rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Mozambique ranks 15th 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).