Cambodia vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rates at age 25
Cambodia
0.3039 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cambodia rank
42nd
Sierra Leone rank
45th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Cambodia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 0.3039 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0243 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Cambodia ranks 42nd and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2132 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.9741 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.061 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 7.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8328 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.99 deaths per 1,000 people | Cambodia |
| 1980s | 1.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.763 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3952 deaths per 1,000 people | Cambodia |
| 1990s | 0.6061 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4235 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.424 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7054 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2814 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.3241 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4432 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.119 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3083 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.287 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0213 deaths per 1,000 people | Cambodia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Cambodia or Sierra Leone?
- Cambodia, at 0.3039 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Cambodia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0243 deaths per 1,000 people, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cambodia and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Cambodia ranks 42nd and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.