Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rates at age 65
Malawi
3.53 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sierra Leone
3.55 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malawi rank
26th
Sierra Leone rank
25th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people in Malawi, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 26th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 236 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.59 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2149 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1960s | 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1145 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1970s | 4.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1472 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1980s | 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0941 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1990s | 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4531 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5933 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1452 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.176 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Malawi ranks 26th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th 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 65. 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.