Mali vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant, female

Mali
43.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
49.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mali rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
12th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

  • Mali
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 49.3 per 1,000 live births against 43.3 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 6 per 1,000 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 197 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 184.85 per 1,000 live births 144.52 per 1,000 live births 40.33 per 1,000 live births Mali
1970s 164.7 per 1,000 live births 135.95 per 1,000 live births 28.75 per 1,000 live births Mali
1980s 130.56 per 1,000 live births 127.23 per 1,000 live births 3.33 per 1,000 live births Mali
1990s 107.57 per 1,000 live births 122.5 per 1,000 live births 14.93 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 83.54 per 1,000 live births 103.03 per 1,000 live births 19.49 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 61.52 per 1,000 live births 70.34 per 1,000 live births 8.82 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 46.88 per 1,000 live births 52.66 per 1,000 live births 5.78 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, Mali or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 49.3 per 1,000 live births against 43.3 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Mali and Sierra Leone?
6 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant, female?
Mali ranks 14th 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

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.