Equatorial Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Infant mortality by sex

Equatorial Guinea
5.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
5.95 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
12th

Infant mortality by sex over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Sierra Leone
5101520195619902024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 5.95 deaths per 100 live births against 5.24 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.71 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 199 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 13.14 deaths per 100 live births 14.73 deaths per 100 live births 1.6 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
1990s 12.37 deaths per 100 live births 14.14 deaths per 100 live births 1.77 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 9.95 deaths per 100 live births 11.68 deaths per 100 live births 1.73 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 7.02 deaths per 100 live births 8.26 deaths per 100 live births 1.24 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 5.57 deaths per 100 live births 6.34 deaths per 100 live births 0.766 deaths per 100 live births Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 5.95 deaths per 100 live births against 5.24 deaths per 100 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
0.71 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 199 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 Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality by sex
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .