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

0.0001 deaths per person, with Mali ahead.

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

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

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

Mali

0.0028 deaths per person

in 2024

Sierra Leone

0.0027 deaths per person

in 2024

Mali rank

8th

Sierra Leone rank

9th

Number of child deaths, per capita over time

Mali
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Mali currently reports 0.0028 deaths per person against 0.0027 deaths per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 195 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0167 deaths per person	0.0138 deaths per person	0.0028 deaths per person	Mali
1980s	0.0127 deaths per person	0.0121 deaths per person	0.0006 deaths per person	Mali
1990s	0.0096 deaths per person	0.0111 deaths per person	0.0015 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.0073 deaths per person	0.008 deaths per person	0.0007 deaths per person	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.0048 deaths per person	0.0046 deaths per person	0.0002 deaths per person	Mali
2020s	0.0031 deaths per person	0.003 deaths per person	0.0001 deaths per person	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, per capita, Mali or Sierra Leone?: Mali, at 0.0028 deaths per person against 0.0027 deaths per person in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths, per capita between Mali and Sierra Leone?: 0.0001 deaths per person, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of child deaths, per capita?: Mali ranks 8th 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.