Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Liberia
79 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
84.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia rank
10th
Sierra Leone rank
7th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 84.6 per 1,000 live births against 79 per 1,000 live births in Liberia, a difference of 5.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Liberia ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 285.73 per 1,000 live births | 350.99 per 1,000 live births | 65.26 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 250.47 per 1,000 live births | 297.54 per 1,000 live births | 47.07 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 233.62 per 1,000 live births | 259.82 per 1,000 live births | 26.2 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 235.99 per 1,000 live births | 233.6 per 1,000 live births | 2.39 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 135.18 per 1,000 live births | 186.78 per 1,000 live births | 51.6 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 87.58 per 1,000 live births | 125.18 per 1,000 live births | 37.6 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 80.12 per 1,000 live births | 91.18 per 1,000 live births | 11.06 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, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 84.6 per 1,000 live births against 79 per 1,000 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 5.6 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Liberia ranks 10th 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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About this data
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.