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Sierra Leone: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

54.60per 1,000 live births · 2024-29.8% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1956 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202454.6
202356.3
202258.1
202159.9
202061.9
201964
201866.3
201768.7
201671.3
201576.9
201477.8
201380.1
201283.4
201187
201090.8
200994.7
200898.6
2007102.3
2006105.9
2005109.3
2004112.4
2003115.4
2002118.2
2001120.8
2000123.4
1999125.9
1998128
1997130
1996131.6
1995132.9
1994133.8
1993134.5
1992134.8
1991135.1
1990135.4
1989135.6
1988135.9
1987136.4
1986136.9
1985137.5
1984138.1
1983138.7
1982139.3
1981140.1
1980140.9
1979141.9
1978142.9
1977144
1976145.1
1975146.2
1974147.4
1973148.4
1972149.7
1971151
1970152.5
1969153.9
1968155.3
1967156.8
1966158.3
1965159.8
1964161.2
1963162.4
1962163.6
1961164.7
1960165.7
1959166.8
1958167.7
1957169
1956170.2

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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