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Sierra Leone - Infant Mortality Rate 2018

Name: Sierra Leone Infant Mortality Rate 2018
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

66.3 −2.5 from 2017 Global rank: 188th

Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate was 66.3 in 2018, decreased +2.5 from 68.8 in 2017. This was the 188th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.7	0.0%
2nd	Finland	1.9	0.0%
3rd	Japan	1.9	0.0%
4th	Estonia	2.0	-9.1%
5th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
6th	Norway	2.0	-4.8%
7th	Slovenia	2.0	0.0%
8th	Luxembourg	2.1	0.0%
9th	Singapore	2.1	0.0%
10th	Sweden	2.2	-4.3%
11th	Cyprus	2.5	4.2%
12th	Czechia	2.5	-3.8%
13th	Belarus	2.6	-7.1%
14th	Monaco	2.6	-3.7%
15th	Spain	2.7	0.0%
16th	Italy	2.7	-3.6%
17th	Korea	2.7	0.0%
18th	Montenegro	2.8	-6.7%
19th	Andorra	2.9	-6.5%
20th	Israel	2.9	-3.3%
21st	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
22nd	Austria	3.0	0.0%
23rd	Ireland	3.0	0.0%
24th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
25th	Germany	3.2	0.0%
26th	Belgium	3.3	-2.9%
27th	France	3.3	0.0%
28th	European Union	3.3	-1.9%
29th	Denmark	3.4	0.0%
30th	Lithuania	3.5	-7.9%
31st	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
32nd	Switzerland	3.6	0.0%
33rd	Greece	3.6	0.0%
34th	Hungary	3.6	-2.7%
35th	Latvia	3.6	-2.7%
36th	United Kingdom	3.8	0.0%
37th	Poland	3.9	-2.5%
38th	Croatia	4.0	-2.4%
39th	New Zealand	4.4	-2.2%
40th	Canada	4.5	-2.2%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.6	-2.1%
42nd	Serbia	5.0	-2.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.0	0.0%
44th	Russian Federation	5.1	-8.9%
45th	Cuba	5.2	4.0%
46th	United Arab Emirates	5.3	-5.4%
47th	Malta	5.5	-1.8%
48th	Qatar	5.6	-5.1%
49th	United States	5.6	0.0%
50th	Bulgaria	5.8	-4.9%
51st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	-1.7%
52nd	Romania	6.0	-7.7%
53rd	Saudi Arabia	6.1	-6.2%
54th	Chile	6.3	-3.1%
55th	Bahrain	6.4	1.6%
56th	China	6.4	-8.6%
57th	Sri Lanka	6.5	-3.0%
58th	Uruguay	6.5	-4.4%
59th	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
60th	Maldives	6.9	-6.8%
61st	North Macedonia	7.2	-15.3%
62nd	Kuwait	7.6	0.0%
63rd	Albania	7.8	1.3%
64th	Costa Rica	7.8	1.3%
65th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.2	-1.2%
66th	Kazakhstan	8.2	-2.4%
67th	Georgia	8.4	-1.2%
68th	Ukraine	8.5	-2.3%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	0.0%
70th	Oman	8.8	-1.1%
71st	Tonga	9.0	-2.2%
72nd	Argentina	9.2	-2.1%
73rd	Thailand	9.4	-2.1%
74th	Libya	9.5	-3.1%
75th	Türkiye	9.5	-4.0%
76th	Kosovo	10.8	-6.1%
77th	Barbados	10.9	-2.7%
78th	El Salvador	11.1	-3.5%
79th	Armenia	11.2	-4.3%
80th	Belize	11.7	-3.3%
81st	Ecuador	11.9	-2.5%
82nd	Bahamas, The	12.0	-0.8%
83rd	São Tomé and Principe	12.0	-7.0%
84th	Lebanon	12.3	4.2%
85th	Nauru	12.3	-8.9%
86th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.5	-3.8%
87th	Mexico	12.6	-3.1%
88th	Colombia	12.7	-3.8%
89th	Nicaragua	12.7	-4.5%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	12.8	-5.9%
91st	Brazil	13.1	-1.5%
92nd	Panama	13.1	-2.2%
93rd	British Virgin Islands	13.3	-2.2%
94th	Mongolia	13.5	-4.9%
95th	Seychelles	13.5	0.7%
96th	Mauritius	13.6	3.0%
97th	Moldova	13.8	-0.7%
98th	Cabo Verde	14.0	-6.7%
99th	Jordan	14.0	-2.1%
100th	West Bank and Gaza	14.1	-4.1%
101st	Peru	14.3	-0.7%
102nd	Samoa	14.3	-1.4%
103rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.8	-3.9%
104th	Viet Nam	15.0	-1.3%
105th	Vanuatu	15.0	-0.7%
106th	Tunisia	15.1	-2.6%
107th	St. Lucia	15.2	-1.3%
108th	Uzbekistan	15.5	-5.5%
109th	Honduras	15.6	-3.1%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.2	-1.8%
111th	Grenada	16.6	1.2%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	16.7	-4.6%
113th	Azerbaijan	17.6	-5.9%
114th	Suriname	17.6	-2.8%
115th	Jamaica	17.7	0.6%
116th	Paraguay	17.7	-3.3%
117th	Morocco	18.7	-4.6%
118th	Solomon Islands	18.7	-2.1%
119th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	19.1	-3.5%
120th	Fiji	19.2	6.7%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	19.3	-2.0%
122nd	Palau	19.8	2.1%
123rd	Indonesia	19.9	-3.9%
124th	Tuvalu	20.1	-3.4%
125th	Algeria	21.0	-1.4%
126th	Guatemala	21.0	-3.2%
127th	Bhutan	21.8	-3.5%
128th	Philippines	22.6	0.9%
129th	Tajikistan	23.4	-1.3%
130th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	23.9	-3.6%
131st	Micronesia, Federated States of	24.3	-2.8%
132nd	Iraq	24.4	-2.8%
133rd	Cambodia	24.4	-3.9%
134th	Syrian Arab Republic	24.5	0.0%
135th	Bangladesh	26.3	-4.0%
136th	South Africa	26.3	-3.7%
137th	Marshall Islands	27.2	-2.5%
138th	Guyana	27.8	-2.8%
139th	Nepal	28.5	-4.7%
140th	Eritrea	29.6	-3.3%
141st	Dominica	29.7	3.1%
142nd	Gabon	30.7	-3.2%
143rd	Dominican Republic	31.2	-0.3%
144th	India	31.3	-5.2%
145th	Congo, Republic of	32.0	-2.7%
146th	Rwanda	32.2	-1.2%
147th	Uganda	32.9	-4.9%
148th	Ghana	33.9	-3.4%
149th	Turkmenistan	34.1	-0.3%
150th	Malawi	34.5	-4.4%
151st	Senegal	35.7	-1.9%
152nd	Mauritania	35.8	-2.5%
153rd	Tanzania	36.0	-4.5%
154th	Burundi	37.0	-3.6%
155th	Papua New Guinea	37.1	-2.9%
156th	Zambia	37.5	-3.4%
157th	Kenya	37.8	-1.8%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	39.6	-0.3%
159th	Gambia, The	39.7	-3.2%
160th	Myanmar	40.2	-3.4%
161st	Comoros	40.3	-1.7%
162nd	Timor-Leste	40.7	-2.2%
163rd	Togo	41.4	-3.0%
164th	Lao PDR	41.9	-3.7%
165th	Kiribati	42.8	0.0%
166th	Botswana	43.2	-2.5%
167th	Madagascar	44.2	0.7%
168th	Angola	45.3	-3.6%
169th	Sudan	45.3	-2.6%
170th	Namibia	45.7	-1.3%
171st	Haiti	46.3	-2.5%
172nd	Zimbabwe	47.4	-3.7%
173rd	Cameroon	48.1	-3.2%
174th	Eswatini	48.5	-5.8%
175th	Guinea-Bissau	50.0	-3.3%
176th	Mozambique	50.6	-1.7%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	51.3	-3.0%
178th	Burkina Faso	51.6	-2.8%
179th	Djibouti	52.0	-2.8%
180th	Benin	53.1	-2.4%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	54.1	-3.0%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	57.7	-2.9%
183rd	Pakistan	58.5	-3.0%
184th	Afghanistan	58.6	-3.0%
185th	Liberia	59.4	-2.0%
186th	Lesotho	64.9	-4.8%
187th	Mali	65.1	-2.3%
188th	Sierra Leone	66.3	-3.6%
189th	Nigeria	67.4	-1.7%
190th	Chad	67.4	-2.6%
191st	Guinea	68.5	-1.3%
192nd	Niger	69.4	0.0%
193rd	Central African Republic	74.0	-15.3%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	85.8	-11.3%
195th	South Sudan	91.8	-46.9%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate in 2018?▾

Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate in 2018 was 66.3. This ranked 188th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate change in 2018?▾

Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.6% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2018?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2018 at 91.8.

What is the infant mortality rate of Sierra Leone in 2018?▾

The infant mortality rate of Sierra Leone in 2018 was 66.3. This ranked 188th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate?▾

Sierra Leone's infant mortality rate went from 68.8 in 2017 to 66.3 in 2018, a 3.6% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Sierra Leone matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2018. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 13.4%. View full analysis →

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