Sierra Leone

Child mortality in Sierra Leone

Child mortality in Sierra Leone: 41.4 per 100 live births in 1956 and 9.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
9.1 per 100 live births
Since 1956
−32.3 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
7 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Sierra LeoneChild mortality in Sierra Leone: 41.4 per 100 live births in 1956 and 9.1 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024, Sierra Leone ranked 7 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearSierra LeoneWorld
20249.13.7
20239.43.8
20229.74
202110.14
202010.43.9
201910.84
201811.24
201711.74.1
201612.24.2
201513.74.3
201413.64.4
201313.84.5
201214.44.7
201115.15
201015.85.1
200916.55.3
200817.25.5
2007185.7
200618.76
200519.36.2
2004206.6
200320.66.8
200221.27.1
200121.77.4
200022.37.7
199922.87.9
199823.38.3
199723.88.4
199624.28.6
199524.68.8
199424.98.9
199325.29.1
199225.49.2
199125.69.3
199025.89.4
1989269.5
198826.210
198726.59.9
198626.810.3
19852710.6
198427.310.9
198327.611.1
198227.911.2
198128.311.6
198028.611.9
19792911.9
197829.412.3
197729.812.6
197630.312.8
197530.713.1
197431.213.3
197331.713.5
197232.213.7
197132.713.9
197033.214.2
196933.814.6
196834.315
196734.915.3
196635.515.1
196536.115.1
196436.715.7
196337.316.2
196237.917
196138.418.8
19603920.2
195939.619.9
195840.119.7
195740.820.5
195641.421.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
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

Good to know

  • 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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