Infant mortality vs prenatal care in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Infant mortality vs prenatal care was 5.46 in 2024. βΌ Falling
Infant mortality vs prenatal care in Sierra Leone, 1960β2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 5.46 for infant mortality vs prenatal care in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant mortality vs prenatal care in Sierra Leone peaked at 16.57 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 5.46, in 2024.
Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.02 | 15.39 | 16.57 | 10 |
| 1970s | 14.69 | 14.19 | 15.25 | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.79 | 13.56 | 14.09 | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.22 | 12.59 | 13.54 | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.01 | 9.47 | 12.34 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.66 | 6.4 | 9.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.82 | 5.46 | 6.19 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.64 compare
- 10 Chad 5.63 compare
- 10 Lesotho 5.63 compare
- 13 Afghanistan 4.83 compare
- 14 Pakistan 4.82 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 4.76 compare
More health data for Sierra Leone
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.773 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,199 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 4,209 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 79,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 79,021 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 82,252 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 81,100 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 84,700 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant mortality vs prenatal care in Sierra Leone?
- Infant mortality vs prenatal care in Sierra Leone was 5.46 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest infant mortality vs prenatal care recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 16.57 in 1960.
- What is the lowest infant mortality vs prenatal care recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.46 in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for infant mortality vs prenatal care?
- Sierra Leone ranks 12th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is infant mortality vs prenatal care rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Infant mortality vs prenatal care. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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