Mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Mortality rate, infant was 54.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
54.6 per 1,000 live births
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
12th
of 195 countries
All-time high
165.7 per 1,000 live births
in 1960
All-time low
54.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone, 1960–2024

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Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone stood at 54.6 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone peaked at 165.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 54.6 per 1,000 live births, 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 160.17 per 1,000 live births 153.9 per 1,000 live births 165.7 per 1,000 live births 10
1970s 146.91 per 1,000 live births 141.9 per 1,000 live births 152.5 per 1,000 live births 10
1980s 137.94 per 1,000 live births 135.6 per 1,000 live births 140.9 per 1,000 live births 10
1990s 132.2 per 1,000 live births 125.9 per 1,000 live births 135.4 per 1,000 live births 10
2000s 110.1 per 1,000 live births 94.7 per 1,000 live births 123.4 per 1,000 live births 10
2010s 76.63 per 1,000 live births 64 per 1,000 live births 90.8 per 1,000 live births 10
2020s 58.16 per 1,000 live births 54.6 per 1,000 live births 61.9 per 1,000 live births 5

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 9 Democratic Republic of Congo 56.4 per 1,000 live births compare
  2. 10 Chad 56.3 per 1,000 live births compare
  3. 10 Lesotho 56.3 per 1,000 live births compare
  4. 13 Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000 live births compare
  5. 14 Pakistan 48.2 per 1,000 live births compare
  6. 15 Equatorial Guinea 47.6 per 1,000 live births compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone?
Mortality rate, infant in Sierra Leone was 54.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 165.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960.
What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 54.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
How does Sierra Leone rank for mortality rate, infant?
Sierra Leone ranks 12th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, infant 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 UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
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Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.