Afghanistan vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant, female
Afghanistan
44.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
49.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
13th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Afghanistan
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 49.3 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 4.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227.93 per 1,000 live births | 148.45 per 1,000 live births | 79.48 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 205.17 per 1,000 live births | 135.95 per 1,000 live births | 69.22 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 176.61 per 1,000 live births | 127.23 per 1,000 live births | 49.38 per 1,000 live births | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 122.12 per 1,000 live births | 122.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.38 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 90.49 per 1,000 live births | 103.03 per 1,000 live births | 12.54 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 61.4 per 1,000 live births | 70.34 per 1,000 live births | 8.94 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 47.6 per 1,000 live births | 52.66 per 1,000 live births | 5.06 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Afghanistan or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 49.3 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Afghanistan and Sierra Leone?
- 4.8 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Afghanistan ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.