What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chad and Sierra Leone?

1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant

Chad

56.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

54.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chad rank

10th

Sierra Leone rank

12th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Chad
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Chad currently reports 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 54.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Chad ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	140.61 per 1,000 live births	160.17 per 1,000 live births	19.56 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1970s	135.02 per 1,000 live births	146.91 per 1,000 live births	11.89 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1980s	124.94 per 1,000 live births	137.94 per 1,000 live births	13 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1990s	110.16 per 1,000 live births	132.2 per 1,000 live births	22.04 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	93.15 per 1,000 live births	110.1 per 1,000 live births	16.95 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	73.12 per 1,000 live births	76.63 per 1,000 live births	3.51 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	59.62 per 1,000 live births	58.16 per 1,000 live births	1.46 per 1,000 live births	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Chad or Sierra Leone?: Chad, at 56.3 per 1,000 live births against 54.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chad and Sierra Leone?: 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chad and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Chad ranks 10th 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 (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 (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: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.