What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Liberia and Mali?

13.4 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mali?

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Liberia vs Mali: Mortality rate, under-5

Liberia

86.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

73 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia rank

10th

Mali rank

13th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Liberia
Mali

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 13.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Mali ahead.

Liberia ranks 10th and Mali ranks 13th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Mali in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	301.14 per 1,000 live births	411.34 per 1,000 live births	110.2 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1970s	266.88 per 1,000 live births	351.3 per 1,000 live births	84.42 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1980s	248.56 per 1,000 live births	269.45 per 1,000 live births	20.89 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1990s	250.29 per 1,000 live births	215.05 per 1,000 live births	35.24 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2000s	145.07 per 1,000 live births	163.58 per 1,000 live births	18.51 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	95.47 per 1,000 live births	112.35 per 1,000 live births	16.88 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	87.56 per 1,000 live births	80.02 per 1,000 live births	7.54 per 1,000 live births	Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Liberia or Mali?: Liberia, at 86.4 per 1,000 live births against 73 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Liberia and Mali?: 13.4 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mali?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Liberia ranks 10th and Mali ranks 13th 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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.