# Infant mortality rate in Sierra Leone

Infant mortality rate in Sierra Leone was 54.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `sl`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/sierra-leone
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=sl

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 54.6 |
| 2023 | 56.3 |
| 2022 | 58.1 |
| 2021 | 59.9 |
| 2020 | 61.9 |
| 2019 | 64 |
| 2018 | 66.3 |
| 2017 | 68.7 |
| 2016 | 71.3 |
| 2015 | 76.9 |
| 2014 | 77.8 |
| 2013 | 80.1 |
| 2012 | 83.4 |
| 2011 | 87 |
| 2010 | 90.8 |
| 2009 | 94.7 |
| 2008 | 98.6 |
| 2007 | 102.3 |
| 2006 | 105.9 |
| 2005 | 109.3 |
| 2004 | 112.4 |
| 2003 | 115.4 |
| 2002 | 118.2 |
| 2001 | 120.8 |
| 2000 | 123.4 |
| 1999 | 125.9 |
| 1998 | 128 |
| 1997 | 130 |
| 1996 | 131.6 |
| 1995 | 132.9 |
| 1994 | 133.8 |
| 1993 | 134.5 |
| 1992 | 134.8 |
| 1991 | 135.1 |
| 1990 | 135.4 |
| 1989 | 135.6 |
| 1988 | 135.9 |
| 1987 | 136.4 |
| 1986 | 136.9 |
| 1985 | 137.5 |
| 1984 | 138.1 |
| 1983 | 138.7 |
| 1982 | 139.3 |
| 1981 | 140.1 |
| 1980 | 140.9 |
| 1979 | 141.9 |
| 1978 | 142.9 |
| 1977 | 144 |
| 1976 | 145.1 |
| 1975 | 146.2 |
| 1974 | 147.4 |
| 1973 | 148.4 |
| 1972 | 149.7 |
| 1971 | 151 |
| 1970 | 152.5 |
| 1969 | 153.9 |
| 1968 | 155.3 |
| 1967 | 156.8 |
| 1966 | 158.3 |
| 1965 | 159.8 |
| 1964 | 161.2 |
| 1963 | 162.4 |
| 1962 | 163.6 |
| 1961 | 164.7 |
| 1960 | 165.7 |