Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 8.6 per 100 live births in Liberia and 9.1 per 100 live births in Sierra Leone, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sierra Leone, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in Liberia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Sierra Leone has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Liberia.
In 2024, Liberia ranked 10 and Sierra Leone ranked 7 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone	World
2024	8.6	9.1	3.7
2023	8.7	9.4	3.8
2022	8.8	9.7	4
2021	8.8	10.1	4
2020	8.8	10.4	3.9
2019	8.9	10.8	4
2018	8.9	11.2	4
2017	9	11.7	4.1
2016	9.2	12.2	4.2
2015	9.3	13.7	4.3
2014	9.7	13.6	4.4
2013	9.7	13.8	4.5
2012	10	14.4	4.7
2011	10.2	15.1	5
2010	10.6	15.8	5.1
2009	11	16.5	5.3
2008	11.4	17.2	5.5
2007	12	18	5.7
2006	12.7	18.7	6
2005	13.5	19.3	6.2
2004	14.5	20	6.6
2003	15.6	20.6	6.8
2002	16.9	21.2	7.1
2001	18.2	21.7	7.4
2000	19.5	22.3	7.7
1999	20.8	22.8	7.9
1998	22.1	23.3	8.3
1997	23.3	23.8	8.4
1996	24.4	24.2	8.6
1995	25.4	24.6	8.8
1994	26.2	24.9	8.9
1993	26.8	25.2	9.1
1992	27.2	25.4	9.2
1991	27.2	25.6	9.3
1990	27	25.8	9.4
1989	26.6	26	9.5
1988	26	26.2	10
1987	25.3	26.5	9.9
1986	24.8	26.8	10.3
1985	24.4	27	10.6
1984	24.2	27.3	10.9
1983	24.1	27.6	11.1
1982	24.2	27.9	11.2
1981	24.4	28.3	11.6
1980	24.7	28.6	11.9
1979	25	29	11.9
1978	25.3	29.4	12.3
1977	25.7	29.8	12.6
1976	26	30.3	12.8
1975	26.4	30.7	13.1
1974	26.8	31.2	13.3
1973	27.3	31.7	13.5
1972	27.7	32.2	13.7
1971	28.1	32.7	13.9
1970	28.6	33.2	14.2
1969	29.1	33.8	14.6
1968	29.5	34.3	15
1967	29.9	34.9	15.3
1966	30.3	35.5	15.1
1965	30.5	36.1	15.1
1964	30.7	36.7	15.7
1963	30.9	37.3	16.2
1962	31	37.9	17
1961	31	38.4	18.8
1960	31	39	20.2
1959	30.9	39.6	19.9
1958	30.8	40.1	19.7
1957	30.6	40.8	20.5
1956	30.4	41.4	21.3
1955	30.3	–	22.3
1954	30.3	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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