What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Mali and Sierra Leone?

0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mali vs Sierra Leone: Neonatal mortality rate

Mali

2.8 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

2.83 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Mali rank

16th

Sierra Leone rank

15th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Mali
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.8 deaths per 100 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 199 countries.

Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	6.89 deaths per 100 live births	5.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.67 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
1990s	6.06 deaths per 100 live births	5.07 deaths per 100 live births	0.9908 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2000s	4.54 deaths per 100 live births	4.45 deaths per 100 live births	0.0924 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2010s	3.57 deaths per 100 live births	3.46 deaths per 100 live births	0.1111 deaths per 100 live births	Mali
2020s	2.95 deaths per 100 live births	2.93 deaths per 100 live births	0.0183 deaths per 100 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Mali or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 2.83 deaths per 100 live births against 2.8 deaths per 100 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Mali and Sierra Leone?: 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Mali ranks 16th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .