Equatorial Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant, male

Equatorial Guinea
52.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
59.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
12th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 52.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 7.1 per 1,000 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 197 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 131.36 per 1,000 live births 147.32 per 1,000 live births 15.96 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
1990s 123.66 per 1,000 live births 141.35 per 1,000 live births 17.69 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 99.51 per 1,000 live births 116.83 per 1,000 live births 17.32 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 70.25 per 1,000 live births 82.59 per 1,000 live births 12.34 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 55.68 per 1,000 live births 63.36 per 1,000 live births 7.68 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, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 59.5 per 1,000 live births against 52.4 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
7.1 per 1,000 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 mortality rate, infant, male?
Equatorial Guinea 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, 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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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.