What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Guinea and Sierra Leone?

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

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Youth mortality rate

Guinea

10.72 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Sierra Leone

11.15 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

8th

Sierra Leone rank

6th

Youth mortality rate over time

Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 11.15 deaths per 100 live births against 10.72 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea, a difference of 0.43 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Guinea ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th of 199 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	23.33 deaths per 100 live births	27.43 deaths per 100 live births	4.1 deaths per 100 live births	Sierra Leone
2000s	16.49 deaths per 100 live births	21.85 deaths per 100 live births	5.37 deaths per 100 live births	Sierra Leone
2010s	13.26 deaths per 100 live births	15.45 deaths per 100 live births	2.19 deaths per 100 live births	Sierra Leone
2020s	11.34 deaths per 100 live births	11.91 deaths per 100 live births	0.5679 deaths per 100 live births	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 11.15 deaths per 100 live births against 10.72 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 0.43 deaths per 100 live births, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Guinea ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 6th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.