Sierra Leone vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Sierra Leone
84.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
91.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
7th
South Sudan rank
4th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 91.5 per 1,000 live births against 84.6 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 6.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 350.99 per 1,000 live births | 367.13 per 1,000 live births | 16.14 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 297.54 per 1,000 live births | 307.34 per 1,000 live births | 9.8 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 259.82 per 1,000 live births | 331.36 per 1,000 live births | 71.54 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 233.6 per 1,000 live births | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 50.08 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 186.78 per 1,000 live births | 138.57 per 1,000 live births | 48.21 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 125.18 per 1,000 live births | 157.28 per 1,000 live births | 32.1 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 91.18 per 1,000 live births | 91.44 per 1,000 live births | 0.26 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Sierra Leone or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 91.5 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 Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 6.9 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 4th 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.