What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Sierra Leone?

1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea

29.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

28.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

13th

Sierra Leone rank

15th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	63.2 per 1,000 live births	52.2 per 1,000 live births	11 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
1990s	56.39 per 1,000 live births	50.66 per 1,000 live births	5.73 per 1,000 live births	Guinea
2000s	40.29 per 1,000 live births	44.48 per 1,000 live births	4.19 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	34 per 1,000 live births	34.56 per 1,000 live births	0.56 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	30.8 per 1,000 live births	29.38 per 1,000 live births	1.42 per 1,000 live births	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Guinea, at 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.3 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Guinea ranks 13th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.