Low income vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, under-5

Low income
68.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone
90.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Low income rank
7th
Sierra Leone rank
7th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Low income
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 68.8 per 1,000 live births in Low income, a difference of 21.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Low income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Low income ranks 7th 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 Low income Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 172.28 per 1,000 live births 245.59 per 1,000 live births 73.31 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2000s 123.12 per 1,000 live births 195.39 per 1,000 live births 72.27 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2010s 86.06 per 1,000 live births 132.29 per 1,000 live births 46.23 per 1,000 live births Sierra Leone
2020s 72.64 per 1,000 live births 97.28 per 1,000 live births 24.64 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, Low income or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 90.5 per 1,000 live births against 68.8 per 1,000 live births in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Low income and Sierra Leone?
21.7 per 1,000 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Low income and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
Low income ranks 7th 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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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
244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.