Pakistan vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant
Pakistan
48.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
54.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Pakistan rank
14th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Pakistan
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 54.6 per 1,000 live births against 48.2 per 1,000 live births in Pakistan, a difference of 6.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Pakistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Pakistan ahead.
Pakistan ranks 14th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 197 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.93 per 1,000 live births | 160.17 per 1,000 live births | 10.24 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 131.36 per 1,000 live births | 146.91 per 1,000 live births | 15.55 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 121.9 per 1,000 live births | 137.94 per 1,000 live births | 16.04 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 102.62 per 1,000 live births | 132.2 per 1,000 live births | 29.58 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 81.07 per 1,000 live births | 110.1 per 1,000 live births | 29.03 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 64.56 per 1,000 live births | 76.63 per 1,000 live births | 12.07 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 51.36 per 1,000 live births | 58.16 per 1,000 live births | 6.8 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, Pakistan or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 54.6 per 1,000 live births against 48.2 per 1,000 live births in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Pakistan and Sierra Leone?
- 6.4 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Pakistan and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Pakistan 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 (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
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.