What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Liberia and Sierra Leone?

0.0001 deaths per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.

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

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Number of child deaths, per capita

Liberia

0.0026 deaths per person

in 2024

Sierra Leone

0.0027 deaths per person

in 2024

Liberia rank

11th

Sierra Leone rank

9th

Number of child deaths, per capita over time

Liberia
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0027 deaths per person against 0.0026 deaths per person in Liberia, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Liberia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 195 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.014 deaths per person	0.0165 deaths per person	0.0025 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
1970s	0.0121 deaths per person	0.014 deaths per person	0.0018 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
1980s	0.0112 deaths per person	0.0121 deaths per person	0.0009 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.0112 deaths per person	0.0111 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	Liberia
2000s	0.0057 deaths per person	0.008 deaths per person	0.0023 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.0033 deaths per person	0.0046 deaths per person	0.0014 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.0027 deaths per person	0.003 deaths per person	0.0003 deaths per person	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, per capita, Liberia or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.0027 deaths per person against 0.0026 deaths per person in Liberia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Liberia and Sierra Leone?: 0.0001 deaths per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of child deaths, per capita?: Liberia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Number of child deaths, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths, per capita
Unit: deaths per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 195 places, 11,379 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 12 September 2026

Number of child deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.