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

2.7 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.

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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Liberia

93.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

96.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia rank

10th

Sierra Leone rank

8th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Liberia
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 96.1 per 1,000 live births against 93.4 per 1,000 live births in Liberia, a difference of 2.7 per 1,000 live births.

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 8th 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	320.77 per 1,000 live births	376.14 per 1,000 live births	55.37 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1970s	282.52 per 1,000 live births	321.93 per 1,000 live births	39.41 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1980s	262.75 per 1,000 live births	283.9 per 1,000 live births	21.15 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
1990s	263.88 per 1,000 live births	256.97 per 1,000 live births	6.91 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2000s	154.46 per 1,000 live births	203.55 per 1,000 live births	49.09 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	102.97 per 1,000 live births	139 per 1,000 live births	36.03 per 1,000 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	94.62 per 1,000 live births	103.06 per 1,000 live births	8.44 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, male, Liberia or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 96.1 per 1,000 live births against 93.4 per 1,000 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Liberia and Sierra Leone?: 2.7 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, male?: Liberia ranks 10th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.