Sierra Leone vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5
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 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.