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

15.12 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

IDA only vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant

IDA only

39.48 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

54.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA only rank

12th

Sierra Leone rank

12th

Mortality rate, infant over time

IDA only
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 54.6 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only, a difference of 15.12 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times IDA only's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

IDA only ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 47 groups.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA only	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	95.13 per 1,000 live births	132.2 per 1,000 live births	37.07 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	68.23 per 1,000 live births	110.1 per 1,000 live births	41.87 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	48.86 per 1,000 live births	76.63 per 1,000 live births	27.77 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	41.82 per 1,000 live births	58.16 per 1,000 live births	16.34 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, IDA only or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 54.6 per 1,000 live births against 39.48 per 1,000 live births in IDA only as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA only and Sierra Leone?: 15.12 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and Sierra Leone?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA only and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: IDA only ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 47 groups.
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.