Chad vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5
Chad
97.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
90.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Chad rank
4th
Sierra Leone rank
7th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Chad
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Chad currently reports 97.3 per 1,000 live births against 90.5 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 6.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262.21 per 1,000 live births | 363.91 per 1,000 live births | 101.7 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 248.19 per 1,000 live births | 310.07 per 1,000 live births | 61.88 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 227.17 per 1,000 live births | 272.2 per 1,000 live births | 45.03 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 198.72 per 1,000 live births | 245.59 per 1,000 live births | 46.87 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 166.82 per 1,000 live births | 195.39 per 1,000 live births | 28.57 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 130.37 per 1,000 live births | 132.29 per 1,000 live births | 1.92 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 103.94 per 1,000 live births | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 6.66 per 1,000 live births | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Chad or Sierra Leone?
- Chad, at 97.3 per 1,000 live births against 90.5 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Chad and Sierra Leone?
- 6.8 per 1,000 live births, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sierra Leone?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Chad ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.