Mali vs Sierra Leone: Infant mortality rate by sex
Mali
4.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
4.93 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mali rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Mali
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4.93 deaths per 100 live births against 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.6 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.48 deaths per 100 live births | 14.45 deaths per 100 live births | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1970s | 16.47 deaths per 100 live births | 13.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1980s | 13.06 deaths per 100 live births | 12.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3316 deaths per 100 live births | Mali |
| 1990s | 10.76 deaths per 100 live births | 12.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 8.35 deaths per 100 live births | 10.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | 7.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8806 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | 5.27 deaths per 100 live births | 0.578 deaths per 100 live births | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Mali or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 4.93 deaths per 100 live births against 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 0.6 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Mali 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) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .