Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5
Liberia
86.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
90.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Liberia rank
10th
Sierra Leone rank
7th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 86.4 per 1,000 live births in Liberia, a difference of 4.1 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 7th 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 | 303.75 per 1,000 live births | 363.91 per 1,000 live births | 60.16 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 266.88 per 1,000 live births | 310.07 per 1,000 live births | 43.19 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 248.56 per 1,000 live births | 272.2 per 1,000 live births | 23.64 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 250.29 per 1,000 live births | 245.59 per 1,000 live births | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | Liberia |
| 2000s | 145.07 per 1,000 live births | 195.39 per 1,000 live births | 50.32 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 95.47 per 1,000 live births | 132.29 per 1,000 live births | 36.82 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 87.56 per 1,000 live births | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 9.72 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, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 86.4 per 1,000 live births in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 4.1 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?
- Liberia ranks 10th 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.