Afghanistan vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant, male

Afghanistan
52 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
12th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 52 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan, a difference of 7.5 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 15th 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 250.16 per 1,000 live births 171.3 per 1,000 live births 78.86 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1970s 223.93 per 1,000 live births 157.28 per 1,000 live births 66.65 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1980s 191.28 per 1,000 live births 148 per 1,000 live births 43.28 per 1,000 live births Afghanistan
1990s 134.67 per 1,000 live births 141.35 per 1,000 live births 6.68 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 100.23 per 1,000 live births 116.83 per 1,000 live births 16.6 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 69.87 per 1,000 live births 82.59 per 1,000 live births 12.72 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 55.34 per 1,000 live births 63.36 per 1,000 live births 8.02 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, male, Afghanistan or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 52 per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Afghanistan and Sierra Leone?
7.5 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, male?
Afghanistan ranks 15th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.