Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Sierra Leone

Infant mortality rate in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 54.6 per 1,000. Ranked 185 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 67%.

2024 54.6 per 1,000 −3.02% vs 2023
World rank 185of 196
Period maximum 165.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 54.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Sierra Leone, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 165.7 per 1,0001962: 163.6 per 1,0001964: 161.2 per 1,0001966: 158.3 per 1,0001968: 155.3 per 1,0001970: 152.5 per 1,0001972: 149.7 per 1,0001974: 147.4 per 1,0001976: 145.1 per 1,0001978: 142.9 per 1,0001980: 140.9 per 1,0001982: 139.3 per 1,0001984: 138.1 per 1,0001986: 136.9 per 1,0001988: 135.9 per 1,0001990: 135.4 per 1,0001992: 134.8 per 1,0001994: 133.8 per 1,0001996: 131.6 per 1,0001998: 128 per 1,0002000: 123.4 per 1,0002002: 118.2 per 1,0002004: 112.4 per 1,0002006: 105.9 per 1,0002008: 98.6 per 1,0002010: 90.8 per 1,0002012: 83.4 per 1,0002014: 77.8 per 1,0002016: 71.3 per 1,0002018: 66.3 per 1,0002020: 61.9 per 1,0002022: 58.1 per 1,0002024: 54.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −111.1 (−67.05%) Average annual rate: -1.72 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 54.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 54.6 −1.7 −3.02%
2023 56.3 −1.8 −3.1%
2022 58.1 −1.8 −3.01%
2021 59.9 −2 −3.23%
2020 61.9 −2.1 −3.28%
2019 64 −2.3 −3.47%
2018 66.3 −2.4 −3.49%
2017 68.7 −2.6 −3.65%
2016 71.3 −5.6 −7.28%
2015 76.9 −0.9 −1.16%
2014 77.8 −2.3 −2.87%
2013 80.1 −3.3 −3.96%
2012 83.4 −3.6 −4.14%
2011 87 −3.8 −4.19%
2010 90.8 −3.9 −4.12%
2009 94.7 −3.9 −3.96%
2008 98.6 −3.7 −3.62%
2007 102.3 −3.6 −3.4%
2006 105.9 −3.4 −3.11%
2005 109.3 −3.1 −2.76%
2004 112.4 −3 −2.6%
2003 115.4 −2.8 −2.37%
2002 118.2 −2.6 −2.15%
2001 120.8 −2.6 −2.11%
2000 123.4 −2.5 −1.99%
1999 125.9 −2.1 −1.64%
1998 128 −2 −1.54%
1997 130 −1.6 −1.22%
1996 131.6 −1.3 −0.98%
1995 132.9 −0.9 −0.67%
1994 133.8 −0.7 −0.52%
1993 134.5 −0.3 −0.22%
1992 134.8 −0.3 −0.22%
1991 135.1 −0.3 −0.22%
1990 135.4 −0.2 −0.15%
1989 135.6 −0.3 −0.22%
1988 135.9 −0.5 −0.37%
1987 136.4 −0.5 −0.37%
1986 136.9 −0.6 −0.44%
1985 137.5 −0.6 −0.43%
1984 138.1 −0.6 −0.43%
1983 138.7 −0.6 −0.43%
1982 139.3 −0.8 −0.57%
1981 140.1 −0.8 −0.57%
1980 140.9 −1 −0.7%
1979 141.9 −1 −0.7%
1978 142.9 −1.1 −0.76%
1977 144 −1.1 −0.76%
1976 145.1 −1.1 −0.75%
1975 146.2 −1.2 −0.81%
1974 147.4 −1 −0.67%
1973 148.4 −1.3 −0.87%
1972 149.7 −1.3 −0.86%
1971 151 −1.5 −0.98%
1970 152.5 −1.4 −0.91%
1969 153.9 −1.4 −0.9%
1968 155.3 −1.5 −0.96%
1967 156.8 −1.5 −0.95%
1966 158.3 −1.5 −0.94%
1965 159.8 −1.4 −0.87%
1964 161.2 −1.2 −0.74%
1963 162.4 −1.2 −0.73%
1962 163.6 −1.1 −0.67%
1961 164.7 −1 −0.6%
1960 165.7

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.