IDA total vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5
IDA total
62.75 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
90.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
IDA total rank
8th
Sierra Leone rank
7th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- IDA total
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 62.75 per 1,000 live births in IDA total, a difference of 27.75 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times IDA total's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
IDA total ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 47 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 149.75 per 1,000 live births | 245.59 per 1,000 live births | 95.84 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 108.48 per 1,000 live births | 195.39 per 1,000 live births | 86.91 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 77.9 per 1,000 live births | 132.29 per 1,000 live births | 54.39 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 66.2 per 1,000 live births | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 31.08 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, IDA total or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 62.75 per 1,000 live births in IDA total as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between IDA total and Sierra Leone?
- 27.75 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do IDA total and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- IDA total ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 47 groups.
- 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.