What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guinea and Liberia?

3.4 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Liberia?

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.

Guinea vs Liberia: Mortality rate, infant

Guinea

59.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia

63.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

7th

Liberia rank

5th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Guinea
Liberia

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 63.2 per 1,000 live births against 59.8 per 1,000 live births in Guinea, a difference of 3.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Liberia ahead.

Guinea ranks 7th and Liberia ranks 5th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Liberia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Liberia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	186.79 per 1,000 live births	195.54 per 1,000 live births	8.75 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1970s	172.92 per 1,000 live births	171.67 per 1,000 live births	1.25 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1980s	149.1 per 1,000 live births	157.88 per 1,000 live births	8.78 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1990s	118.19 per 1,000 live births	158.98 per 1,000 live births	40.79 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2000s	84.33 per 1,000 live births	95.24 per 1,000 live births	10.91 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2010s	71.02 per 1,000 live births	66.46 per 1,000 live births	4.56 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2020s	62.84 per 1,000 live births	63.46 per 1,000 live births	0.62 per 1,000 live births	Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Guinea or Liberia?: Liberia, at 63.2 per 1,000 live births against 59.8 per 1,000 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guinea and Liberia?: 3.4 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Liberia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Liberia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Guinea ranks 7th and Liberia ranks 5th 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: 03 September 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.