Chad vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
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 (per 1,000 live births) 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 197 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 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 (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.