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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, neonatal

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
22.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
28.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
15th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Sierra Leone
0204060198920062024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 5.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 41.51 per 1,000 live births 50.66 per 1,000 live births 9.15 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 34.68 per 1,000 live births 44.48 per 1,000 live births 9.8 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 27.53 per 1,000 live births 34.56 per 1,000 live births 7.03 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 23.88 per 1,000 live births 29.38 per 1,000 live births 5.5 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 28.3 per 1,000 live births against 22.7 per 1,000 live births in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sierra Leone?
5.6 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th 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, 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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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, neonatal. Statizoid, drawing on UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-neonatal-per-1-000-live-births/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/sierra-leone/

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About this data

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

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