Sierra Leone vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Sierra Leone
90.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
96.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
7th
South Sudan rank
5th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 96.7 per 1,000 live births against 90.5 per 1,000 live births in Sierra Leone, a difference of 6.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 5th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 2 and South Sudan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 363.91 per 1,000 live births | 374.84 per 1,000 live births | 10.93 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 310.07 per 1,000 live births | 313.95 per 1,000 live births | 3.88 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 272.2 per 1,000 live births | 337.43 per 1,000 live births | 65.23 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 245.59 per 1,000 live births | 289.06 per 1,000 live births | 43.47 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 195.39 per 1,000 live births | 143.91 per 1,000 live births | 51.48 per 1,000 live births | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 132.29 per 1,000 live births | 162.43 per 1,000 live births | 30.14 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 97.28 per 1,000 live births | 96.7 per 1,000 live births | 0.58 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, Sierra Leone or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 96.7 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 Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 6.2 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and South Sudan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Sierra Leone ranks 7th and South Sudan ranks 5th 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.