What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Guinea and Sierra Leone?

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

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

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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female

Guinea

85.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

84.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

6th

Sierra Leone rank

7th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 85.1 per 1,000 live births against 84.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guinea ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	327.05 per 1,000 live births	350.99 per 1,000 live births	23.94 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1970s	297.12 per 1,000 live births	297.54 per 1,000 live births	0.42 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1980s	252.27 per 1,000 live births	259.82 per 1,000 live births	7.55 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1990s	195.38 per 1,000 live births	233.6 per 1,000 live births	38.22 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	133.22 per 1,000 live births	186.78 per 1,000 live births	53.56 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	105.84 per 1,000 live births	125.18 per 1,000 live births	19.34 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	90.24 per 1,000 live births	91.18 per 1,000 live births	0.94 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Guinea, at 85.1 per 1,000 live births against 84.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Guinea ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.